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MOUNTAINEAGLE.COM THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 75 CENTS ALABAMA LEGISLATURE Alabama to Rowe: Ivey will push for shutter aging new prisons leased to state Holman prison MONTGOMERY, Ala. said. The decision was Session starts Tuesday. She spoke those things, we might be in a very Editor’s note: The following is part of a series (AP) — A state prison made because mainte- of stories from local legislators concerning the Wednesday, shortly after the state different place.” in Alabama’s troubled nance crews were strug- upcoming Regular Session of the Alabama announced Holman prison would The state faces an order from Legislature. corrections system will gling daily to maintain close most of its facility and relo- the U.S. Department of Justice be largely shut down sewer and electrical cate 600 prisoners due to deterio- to improve the prisons, as well as because of infrastruc- systems housed in a By ED HOWELL rating conditions in the facility. federal lawsuits concerning the ture problems that were tunnel running beneath Daily Mountain Eagle Rowe said while rumors are ram- facilities, which has prompted state the culmination of years the main prison build- State Rep. Con- pant that Ivey will call a special officials to make the issue a priori- of neglect, the state ing, Dunn said. nie Rowe, R-Jas- session within a session for the ty in recent months. prison commissioner Some inmates, includ- per, said Gov. prison needs, she does not know Rowe said Ivey has held the plan announced Wednesday. ing death row inmates, Kay Ivey will be of any such plans at the moment. “pretty close to the vest,” although The move is the latest will remain at Holman pushing prison “That may be a plan I am not she expects Ivey will move forward upheaval in the prison in units that run on construction by aware of,” she said, noting some with it in the session. The plan will system that has strug- separate systems, he local govern- from Montgomery are asking the involve the construction of some gled with overcrowding, said. ments that would same question. large prisons. Some discussions by low staffing, violence “This is a real and then be leased “Yes, there is a prison construc- the commission will likely lead to and aging facilities. serious issue that to the state, and tion plan,” she said. “It is very how the prisons need to be de- The main building of cannot be understated that Rowe favors similar to a plan (Alabama Depart- signed to accommodate some plans. Rep. Connie Holman Correctional and, after learning the making interven- ment of Corrections Commissioner The prisons will likely take Rowe Facility, a close-secu- extent of the risks as- tion programs Jeff Dunn) had introduced back in advantage of state law that allows rity prison in Atmore, sociated with continued less costly to 2016. That plan fell by the way- government entities, such as cities will be closed and 617 maintenance attempts participants. side. He was, at the time, trying to and counties, to build prison facil- inmates will be sent to at Holman Correctional Rowe, who was appointed to head off these things that we are ities and lease them to the state, other state prisons, Ala- Facility, moving quickly the Prison Study Commission by now having to deal with, with the she said, noting similar plans were bama Corrections Com- on our plans to decom- Ivey, will be involved with pris- Department of Justice and these missioner Jeff Dunn on legislation when the Regular federal lawsuits. Had we done See ROWE, A5 See PRISON, A5

County BOE members honored

By NICOLE SMITH country. Daily Mountain Eagle “I don’t know that I could have a better Members of the board to work with and Walker County Board who each and every of Education were day do what’s best for recognized for their the children of the service at a meeting of Walker County school the board on Jan. 16. system,” Hagood said. Walker County Brad Ingle serves Schools Superinten- as chairman of the dent Dr. Joel Hagood Walker County Board honored board mem- of Education. bers with a certificate Trent Kennedy in light of School represents District Board Member Recog- 1 — Curry Elementa- nition Month, which ry, Curry Middle and is celebrated in school Curry High schools. districts across the See BOE, A5

Thirteen arrested DME file photo - Jennifer Cohron Cordova voters may be electing five council members at large rather than seven members by dis- recently in Carbon Hill trict in the 2020 municipal election.

By JENNIFER COHRON methamphetamine was Daily Mountain Eagle being sold. Tiffany Renee Brim- Gilbert recommends change in council structure Thirteen people have er, 35, of Carbon Hill been arrested in the was also arrested and By JENNIFER COHRON ified to run in the 2016 municipal Gilbert, who will not seek a third past week and a half as charged with unlaw- Daily Mountain Eagle election. No one qualified to run in term, first floated the idea of re- a result of a joint effort District 1, and the six remaining structuring the council in August. ful possession of drug CORDOVA — The Cordova City between the Carbon council members were elected with- On Tuesday, he reiterated previ- paraphernalia. Council is moving forward with Hill Police Department out opposition. ous comments about the council’s Erik Wesley Weber, a plan to eliminate districts and and the Walker County “I think at large is very import- high turnover rate since he became 48, of Helena, was reduce the number on the council Sheriff’s Office. ant for the election side of things. a council member in 2011. arrested and charged from seven to five representatives Christopher Brandon Why in a municipality of this size “I think across seven districts, with trafficking meth- ahead of this year’s municipal Sanchez, 35, of Carbon would we want to create the most I have worked with 21 different amphetamine and elections. Hill was arrested and complex election structure? It costs council members. It is what it is. unlawful possession Mayor Drew Gilbert recommend- charged with unlaw- us more money and manpower to This is not a full-time job. This is of drug paraphernalia ed a plan Tuesday night that would ful distribution of a elect seven people that way (by dis- something people do because they and was issued traffic have voters select five council mem- controlled substance trict) when we only had six sign up want to try to help their commu- citations following a bers at large instead of by district. after a drug search to run last time. It makes a boat- nity. Our lives get in the way. We traffic stop. Carbon Gilbert pointed out that only six warrant was executed load of sense to not do districts,” individuals, all incumbents, qual- at a residence where See ARREST, A5 Gilbert said. See CORDOVA, A5

DEATHS WEATHER INDEX SOCIAL Classifieds...... A9 LEFT Bettye Jean Ellis Nunnally Pennington, Comics...... A4 Dear Abby...... ON 85, Jasper A4 Horoscope...... A4 RED James Key, 85, Oakman Use your phone to Opinion...... A6 Find us on your Max Bray, Sr., 86, Dora High Low quickly sign Sports...... A7 favorite podcast up for our streaming 61 46 weekly e-mail platforms. OBITUARIES / A2 newsletter One section, 10 pages A2 — DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Thurs., Jan. 30, 2020 www.mountaineagle.com Today’s weather DEATHS & FUNERALS Forecast for Thursday, January 30, 2020 TENN. Oxford 52/42 Huntsville ARK. 57/43 Bettye Jean Ellis James Key James Key, 85, of Oakman, passed away on GA. Nunnally Pennington Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020 at his residence. Arrange- Bettye Jean Ellis Nunnally Pen- ments will be announced later by Collins-Burke Greenville Birmingham 51/44 61/46 nington was born June 14, 1934, Funeral Home. in Walker County, Ala. and died on Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 Jan. 28, 2020 in Jasper, where she lived for more than 50 years. She Jackson Montgomery was 85 years old. 60/43 63/45 Family will be receiving friends Max Bray, Sr. on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, from 5 Mr. Max Bray, Sr., 86, of Dora passed away Tues- Brookhaven Hattiesburg until 7 p.m., at Kilgore-Green Fu- day, Jan. 28, 2020 at Princeton Baptist Medical 59/45 62/46 neral Home. Celebration of life will Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on be held on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020 at Sumiton Church of God Mobile 61/46 FLA. at 10 a.m., in the Kilgore-Green with burial in McCormack Cemetery. Pastor Victor LA. Chapel, burial at Oak Hill Ceme- Massey and Pastor Phillip Walker will officiate. Vis- tery. Levi Sides will officiate. itation will be 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the church. Bettye graduated from Walker County High School Bell Funeral Home Sumiton has been entrusted with and married her high school sweetheart whom she the arrangements. followed to Auburn, working as a bank teller to put Max was born in Empire, Ala. to James Curtis and him through school. As their young family grew with Arizona Estelle Bray on Dec. 26, 1933. He was a grad- ©2020 AccuWeather, Inc. a daughter and then a son, in 1963 a lengthy illness uate of Corner High School. He married Mary Cox and untimely death left Bettye alone with two young in 1956 in Chicago, Ill. He worked as a Maintenance children. Mechanic for Griffin Wheel in Bessemer, Ala. after Bettye enrolled in Walker College and then grad- which he and his son established Bray Machine, Inc. uated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Dora, Ala. He served in the U.S. Army and was a Accusers: Weinstein in education. She had a career teaching at Memori- veteran of the Korean War. He was a licensed private al Park Elementary School that spanned 29 years. pilot for many years and flew out of Jasper, Ala. Pre- excused lewd acts as During that time, Bettye earned her Master’s degree ceding him in death were his daughter, Sherry Bray from the University of Alabama and was known as Lee; and brother, James Curtis Bray, Jr. one of the premier teachers in the school system. Survivors include his wife, Mary Bray of Dora; son, a showbiz norm In 1977 Bettye married again and gained a new Max Bray, Jr. (Anita) of Dora; grandchildren, Nichole son, finding once again the happiness that eluded her Walker (Phillip) of Sumiton, Jamie Hudson (Christo- NEW YORK (AP) bullying. Theron was up- for so long, until her second husband died suddenly in pher) of Dora, Joshua Bray of Dora, Mary Katherine — Harvey Weinstein set when some accusers 1986. She later earned her real estate license, became Roberts of Dora, Jordan Bray of Dora, Brandon Lee of callously preceded an said he implied they had part owner of All Four Real Estate, and had a suc- Dora and Curtis Lee of Dora; 11 great grandchildren; alleged rape with reas- slept together. cessful second career. and a host of other relatives and friends. surances that he’d had a Wulff and Dunning’s She is preceded in death by her husbands, Robert You may sign an online register or express private vasectomy, one accuser experiences with Wein- Haston Nunnally and Billy Harold Pennington; her condolences to the family at www.bellsumiton.com testified Wednesday. stein are not part of the parents, Raymond and Edna Johnson Ellis; and her Bell Funeral Home, Sumiton; 205-648-6611 Another accuser said underlying criminal grandparents, Fayette and Hattie Tubbs Johnson, the once-revered Hol- charges against him, but and Frank and Mary Kitchens Ellis. lywood producer tried their testimony could be She is survived by her children, Janet Nunnally trading movie roles for a factor in whether he Wilson (Roger), Timothy Haston Nunnally (Susan), sex, claiming the lewd of- goes to prison at the end James Carey Pennington (Betsy); grandchildren, fer was the kind of thing of his landmark #Me- Grant Wilson, Patrick Wilson (Jessica), Mary Arden OBITUARY POLICY that happened all the Too-era trial. Pennington, and Katherine Pennington; and great time in the film business. Prosecutors called The Daily Mountain Eagle publishes Choking back tears, them as witnesses under grandchildren, Colt Wilson and Mae Wilson. Her obituaries for a minimum $65 charge for a Tarale Wulff told jurors a state law that allows grand pups, Wilson, Dice, Brodie, Ben, Lucy, Sher- standard obituary. The standard obituary there was no stopping the testimony about so-called man, and Seamus were always welcome in her home. includes the deceased’s complete name, much larger Weinstein “prior bad acts,” enabling Bettye loved God and her family above all else and as he grabbed her by the them to explore things was a faithful member of Sixth Avenue Church of age, occupation, date, cause and place arm, pushed her onto a like motive, opportunity, Christ. Her example and influence touched the entire of death, time and place of services and bed and raped her at his intent and a common community and she will be greatly missed. survivors. Photographs of the deceased are New York City apartment scheme or plan. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made in her welcome, but not required. If the obituary in 2005, during what Weinstein, 67, is honor at either Sixth Avenue Church of Christ Youth exceeds standard space, additional charges was supposed to be an charged with forcibly Group, 1501 Sixth Ave. S., Jasper, AL 35501, or the may be incurred. Information must be audition. performing oral sex on Scholarship Fund of the Worthwhile Study Club, 34 received from the funeral home handling Wulff, now 43 and a Mimi Haleyi, at the Hill Dr., Parrish, AL 35580. the arrangements and services. model, said she froze, time a “Project Runway” Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-9503 thinking that would production assistant, in make it “easier to get 2006 and raping another through, to get past it.” aspiring actress in 2013. Dawn Dunning testi- That woman could testify fied that the year before, later this week. Weinstein put his hand Weinstein has insisted Ex-officer gets 14 years for killing unarmed black man up her skirt and fondled any sexual encounters MONTGOMERY (AP) — A white Gregory Gunn, 58. Gunn’s brother and sister de- her genitals during a were consensual. former Alabama police officer who Smith shot and killed Gunn after scribed how Greg Gunn stepped meeting in his hotel suite His lawyers raised about her fledgling acting doubts about Wulff’s killed an unarmed black man in he fled from a stop-and-frisk. The up and took care of their family career. recollection after she 2016 was sentenced Wednesday to defense maintained that Smith after their father’s death, and how At another meeting, disclosed that she had 14 years in prison. fired in self-defense because Gunn Smith robbed their family, the city Dunning said, he of- worked with a therapist A judge handed down the sen- was grabbing a painter’s pole and community when he took their fered to put her in three for a year to fill gaps in tence to former Montgomery police from a porch, but prosecutors said brother’s life. movies, but only if she her memory. officer Aaron Cody Smith, news Gunn was never a threat. Gunn “You did what you intended to do. had sex with him and his Speaking to reporters outlets reported. was walking home when he was You killed my brother. You hung assistant. later, Wulff’s lawyer Smith was found guilty of man- stopped by Smith and died not far him. You were the prosecutor, the “When he said that, called that line of ques- slaughter by a jury in November from his house. judge and jury,” Kenneth Gunn I kind of laughed, I tioning a “red herring” for the 2016 shooting death of During the sentencing hearing, said, according to WSFA. thought he was kidding, and said her memory of and he had kind of a being raped has never crass sense of humor,” altered. Dunning testified. “But Weinstein’s lawyers when I started laughing, also questioned why Dun- FOR THE RECORD he got really angry and ning waited until last started screaming at summer to tell prosecu- JASPER POLICE ley: FTA na second degree me. He said, ‘you’ll never tors that Weinstein had DEPARTMENT • Richard Wayne Duncan, 45, Jan. 24 make it in this business, fondled her after she had Jan. 19 Jasper: DUI controlled substance • Audrey Michelle Woolf, 33, this is how this industry gone public with the jobs- • Rachel Lee Downs, 52, Jas- • Jason Keith Tidwell, 44, Sumi- Double Springs: possession of drug works.’” for-sex allegation, first per: warrant with Double Springs ton: possession of a controlled sub- paraphernalia Dunning, now 40, said in an article in The New Police Department stance; possession of marijuana • Kristen Elizabeth Thacker, Weinstein went on to York Times in October • Adriane Nicole Pilato, 30, second degree; possession of drug 21, Double Springs: attempting to namedrop actresses Sal- 2017. 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BEIJING (AP) — World Ryan noted there were sev- as the number outside China health officials expressed eral aspects of the new virus topped 70. The vast majority “great concern” Wednesday outbreak that are extremely are people who came from that a dangerous new virus worrying, citing the recent rap- Wuhan. is starting to spread between id spike in cases in China. He The U.S. plane arrived in people outside of China, a trou- said that while scientists be- California after a refueling bling development as China lieve the outbreak was sparked stop in Alaska. All 201 passen- and the world frantically work by an animal virus, it’s unclear gers, who included diplomats to contain the outbreak. For if there are other factors driv- from the U.S. Consulate in a second day, the number of ing the epidemic. Wuhan, passed health screen- infections grew dramatically. “Without understanding ings in China and Anchorage, The new virus has now that, it’s very hard to put into and were to undergo three days infected more people in Chi- context the current transmis- of monitoring at a Southern na than were sickened there sion dynamics,” he said. California military base to during the 2002-2003 SARS Meanwhile, countries began ensure they show no signs of outbreak. On Wednesday, the evacuating their citizens from the illness. number of cases jumped to the Chinese city hardest-hit “The whole plane erupted 5,974, surpassing the 5,327 by the virus. Chartered planes into cheers when the crew wel- people diagnosed with SARS. carrying about 200 evacuees comed them back to the United The death toll, which stood each arrived in Japan and the States,” Dr. Anne Zink, Alas- at 132 Wednesday, is still less AP Photo United States as other coun- ka’s chief medical officer, told than half the number who died A passenger from Beijing is screened as part of measures tries planned similar evacua- reporters in Anchorage. in China from SARS, or severe tions from the city of Wuhan, Four passengers on the acute respiratory syndrome. to prevent coronavirus infection at Hazrat Shahjalal Inter- which authorities have shut evacuation flight to Japan had Scientists say there are many national airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Jan.29, down to try to contain the coughs and fevers, and two questions to be answered about 2020. virus. were diagnosed with pneumo- the new virus, including just province but that “information death rate of the new virus at The first cases in the Middle nia. It wasn’t clear whether how easily it spreads and how is being updated and is chang- 2%, but said the figure was East were confirmed Wednes- they were infected with the severe it is. ing by the hour.” very preliminary. With fluc- day, a family of four from new virus, which first appeared The World Health Organi- Ryan said the few cases of tuating numbers of cases and Wuhan that was visiting the in Wuhan in December. Its zation’s emergencies chief told human-to-human spread of deaths, scientists are only able United Arab Emirates. Airlines symptoms, including cough and reporters on Wednesday that the virus outside China — in to produce a rough estimate of around the world announced fever and in severe cases pneu- China was taking “extraordi- Japan, Germany, Canada and the fatality rate and it’s likely they were cutting flights to monia, are similar to many nary measures in the face of an Vietnam — were of “great many milder cases of the virus China, and Hong Kong was other illnesses. extraordinary challenge” posed concern”and were part of are being missed. suspending rail travel to and Takeo Aoyama, an employee by the outbreak. the reason the U.N. health In comparison, the SARS vi- from the mainland at mid- at Nippon Steel Corp.’s subsidi- Dr. Michael Ryan spoke at a agency’s director-general was rus killed about 10% of people night. ary in Wuhan, told reporters he news conference after return- reconvening a committee of who caught it. The number of cases in Chi- was relieved to return home. ing from a trip to Beijing to experts Thursday. It will assess The new virus is from the na rose 1,459 from the previous “We were feeling increasingly meet with Chinese President Xi whether the outbreak should be coronavirus family, which in- day, a smaller increase than uneasy as the situation devel- Jinping and other senior gov- declared a global emergency. cludes those that can cause the the 1,771 new cases reported oped so rapidly and we were ernment leaders. He said the To date, about 99% of the common cold as well as more Tuesday. Australia, Finland still in the city,” Aoyama said, epidemic remains centered in nearly 6,000 cases are in serious illnesses such as SARS and Singapore were among his voice muffled by a white the city of Wuhan and in Hubei China. Ryan estimated the and MERS. those reporting new cases, surgical mask.

Author tour for Trump celebrates major rewrite controversial ‘American of North American trade rules Dirt’ is canceled WASHINGTON (AP) — cles would also have to NEW YORK (AP) the book tour.” President Donald Trump originate in places where — The publisher of Cummins, 45, had on Wednesday signed workers earn at least Jeanine Cummins’ con- made a handful of into law a major rewrite $16 an hour. That would troversial novel “Ameri- promotional appearanc- of the rules of trade with benefit the United States can Dirt” has cancelled es since her book was Canada and Mexico, cele- and Canada — not Mex- the remainder of her released, but over the brating the fulfillment of ico, where auto assembly promotional tour, citing past few days the St. one of his top campaign workers are paid a frac- concerns for her safety. Louis-based Left Bank promises while declining tion of that amount. The novel about a Books had called off an to share the moment with Lighthizer worked be- Mexican mother and event and Flatiron had Democratic lawmakers hind the scenes to strike her young son fleeing cancelled interviews whose support was essen- an agreement that ended to the U.S. border had in a pair of California tial to getting it over the up being endorsed by the been praised widely stores. The tour for her finish line. AFL-CIO and the U.S. before its Jan. 21 re- heavily promoted book Trump said renegotiat- Chamber of Commerce. lease and was chosen by had been scheduled to ing the North American Democrats successfully Oprah Winfrey for her last at least through Free Trade Agreement pushed to strike language book club. But Mexi- mid-February, with was “probably the No. 1 allowing countries or can American writers planned stops every- reason that I decided to companies to avoid sanc- have been among those where from Seattle to lead this crazy life that AP Photo tions simply by refusing strongly criticizing Oxford, Mississippi. I’m leading right now.” to participate in dis- “American Dirt” for Despite the criti- “Today, we’re finally President Donald Trump shows off a new North pute-settlement panels. stereotypical depictions cism, Cummins’ novel ending the NAFTA night- American trade agreement with Canada and They also insisted on of Mexicans. Cummins had been selling well mare,” Trump said in a Mexico, during an event at the White House, ensuring enforcement of is of Irish and Puerto and was No. 8 on the ceremony on the South Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Washington. provisions intended to Rican background. Amazon.com best-seller Lawn. The event featured impeachment in his quacies of the president’s protecting workers from “Jeanine Cummins list at the time Flatiron hundreds of business and remarks. He noted, for initial agreement and the intimidation and vio- spent five years of her announced the tour was farm leaders from around example, that Sen. Ted fact that Democrats made lence, and they pressed life writing this book being cut short. the country and scores Cruz, R-Texas, was head- the agreement possible. for a committee that will with the intent to shine Cummins does have of Republican officials. ed back to the Capitol to “It’s a clear illustration monitor Mexico’s labor a spotlight on tragedies at least one major in- No Democratic members ask questions at the trial. of how Trump operates — reforms. The Democrats facing immigrants,” terview coming up. On of Congress were on the “He’s got some beauties, with division, hyper-par- also won a significant Bob Miller, president Wednesday, a spokes- White House guest list. I’ll bet,” Trump said. tisanship, and childish- concession from the and publisher of Flat- person for Winfrey Trade experts say The leaders of the ness.” said Blumenauer, administration on drug iron Books, said in a confirmed that Winfrey the impact of the new U.S., Canada and Mexico D-Ore. prices. Gone is what Dem- statement Wednesday. will meet with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada signed the deal in late The White House did ocrats considered a give- “We are saddened that author next month and Agreement will be mod- 2018. But it still faced a not immediately respond away to the pharmaceuti- a work of fiction that that the discussion will est. Canada and Mexico long road to ratification. to a question about cal industry: a provision was well-intentioned air in March on Apple already represent the top Legislation implementing whether any Democrats that offered expensive has led to such vitriolic TV Plus. two export markets for it received overwhelming, were invited to the cere- biologic drugs, which are rancor. “American Dirt” was U.S. goods. The indepen- bipartisan support in mony. made from living cells, 10 “Unfortunately, our the third picked by dent U.S. International Congress after several NAFTA, which took years of protection from concerns about safety Winfrey since she be- Trade Commission last months of behind-the- effect in 1994 under cheaper knockoff compe- have led us to the diffi- gan a partnership with year calculated that the scenes negotiations be- President Bill Clinton, tition. cult decision to cancel Apple last year. deal would add 0.35%, or tween Democratic law- tore down trade barriers $68 billion, to economic makers and the Trump between the three North growth and generate administration. American countries and 176,000 jobs over six Trump made a point of commerce between them years. That’s not much of praising Republican leg- surged. But Trump and a change for a $22 trillion islators for their work in other critics said NAFTA economy with 152 million passing the deal. He sin- encouraged factories to nonfarm jobs. gled out one Republican leave the United States “It’s a blip,’’ said Syra- lawmaker after another and relocate south of the cuse University economist during the ceremony, border to take advantage Mary Lovely, who studies those from farm states, of low-wage Mexican trade. “The main thing those from battleground labor. is what it isn’t: It isn’t a states in tight reelection Trump threatened continuation of uncer- races, and of course, GOP to leave NAFTA if he tainty, and it isn’t a major leadership. couldn’t get a better deal, disruption’’ to business. Trump did not mention creating uncertainty The new pact, along the role of Democrats, but over regional trade. His with the signing of a they said that even if they trade negotiator, Robert “phase one” agreement weren’t at the signing Lighthizer, pressed for a with China, dials down ceremony, their influence revamped pact designed trade tensions that have was being felt. to bring factory jobs back contributed to slowing “What the president to the United States. economic growth globally. will be signing is quite The new agreement, It also gave the presi- different from what the for example, requires dent a chance to at least president sent us,” said automakers to get 75% of briefly shift the focus House Speaker Nancy their production con- in Washington, where Pelosi, D-Calif. “We were tent (up from 62.5% in Trump’s impeachment able to make vast im- NAFTA) from within trial has occupied center provements. If we weren’t, North America to qualify stage for weeks. we would not have been for the pact’s duty-free “I keep my promises able to pass the bill.” benefits. 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Hill Officer Antoine Cobb recov- Police Department and the Dora ered over 49 grams of metham- Police Department. phetamine that was believed to be • Jessie Lee Gilbreath, 35, of going to someone in the Carbon Eldridge: failure to appear for Hill area. first-degree manufacturing meth, On Monday, Cobb noticed a vehi- unlawful possession of a controlled cle driving erratically and speeding substance, first-degree receiving through town as he was stopped at stolen property, unlawful posses- Lacy’s for a drink. When he tried sion of drug paraphernalia and to stop the vehicle, they fled and a warrant with the Jasper Police led officers in a pursuit from Car- Department. bon Hill through Nauvoo and back • Timothy Dewayne Prather, to Carbon Hill. 50, of Nauvoo: failure to appear Sheriff’s deputies joined the on unlawful possession of a con- Daily Mountain Eagle - Nicole Smith pursuit and after some time the Special to the Eagle trolled substance, second-degree subjects were caught near the Pa- possession of marijuana, unlawful Walker County Schools Superintendent Dr. Joel rade station on Highway 118. The Carbon Hill Police Depart- possession of drug paraphernalia, Hagood thanks District 2 board member Todd Randy Dale William Thorn, ment and the Walker County and driving while license revoked. Vick for his service. 40, of Nauvoo, was arrested and Sheriff’s Office have made more Prather was also charged with charged with reckless endanger- than a dozen arrests as a result another county of unlawful pos- session of drug paraphernalia and ment, attempting to elude, and of a joint effort that began two From A1 issued seven traffic citations. carrying a pistol without a permit. BOE Amanda Leigh Thorne, 37, of weeks ago. Carbon Hill Police Chief Eric Carbon Hill, was arrested on • Shawn Anthony Faucett, 22, of House said in a Walker County Todd Vick is the repre- dova High, Oakman Ele- warrants with the Sheriff’s Office Hanceville: five failure to appear Sheriff’s Office press release that sentative for District 2 — mentary, Oakman High, for two counts of unlawful pos- warrants with Carbon Hill Police the Sheriff’s Office and Carbon Carbon Hill Elementary, Parrish Elementary and session of a controlled substance and a warrant with the Cullman Hill Police are working together to Carbon Hill High and Valley Jr. High schools. and unlawful possession of drug County Sheriff’s Office. make the town and the county a Lupton Jr. High schools. Lee Ann Headrick rep- paraphernalia. • Steve Allen Mills, 46, of Tus- better place. District 3 is represent- resents District 4 — Dora Other arrests in Carbon Hill caloosa: felony warrant from the Sheriff Nick Smith expressed the ed by Dr. Vonda Beaty High, Sumiton Elemen- during the joint effort are as fol- Pickens County Sheriff’s Office. importance of inter-agency cooper- — Bankhead Middle, tary and Sumiton Middle lows: • Maggie Larenda Dobbins, 35, ation on drug issues and that Car- Cordova Elementary, Cor- schools. • Shannon Frazier Clark, 41, of of Carbon Hill: giving false infor- bon Hill Police is the first line of Jasper: a warrant for sexual abuse mation to a law enforcement officer. defense for its citizens, but WCSO of a child Less than 12 years old, • William Douglas Kennedy, 47, will be assisting by providing extra From A1 enticement of a child for immoral of Jasper: harassment. enforcement and resources in the Prison purposes and first-degree sodomy • Whitney Lashae Skinner, 31, of joint effort. 1st degree. Jasper: warrants with the Parrish mission was the right and the Southern Poverty only decision,” Dunn said. Law Center, said in a There has been a statement. Cordova From A1 national spotlight on Dunn told reporters troubled prison systems that the transfer will have things come up like it doesn’t matter where seven seats on its council. else,” Gilbert said. in Alabama and Missis- place additional stress moving or jobs or family you live if you’re con- With only five council The second plans was sippi because of deadly on the rest of the system, obligations,” Gilbert said. cerned about the viability members, the number to elect seven council violence and unsanitary but added that they are Council members are of the city ... Every person needed for a quorum members at large, which conditions. Mississip- working to mitigate that expected to vote on the on this council actually would be reduced from would still require a quo- pi’s governor this week impact. new structure at the Feb. makes decisions for every four to three in addition rum of four. announced the state will U.S. Attorney Jay 11 meeting. Feb. 25 is area,” she said. to the mayor. The third and fourth take steps to close part Town, who has been the last date for council Gilbert said paperwork Though council meet- plans were to elect either of a state prison that has leading the negotiations members to decide if the will be drawn up for the ings have rarely been five or seven council mem- been rocked by deadly between the state and the city will continue to use next meeting that reflects canceled due to lack of a bers by district. violence and beset by Justice Department, said districts as well as set the switch to five at large quorum during Gilbert’s If council members longstanding problems he was “disappointed that salaries for the incoming seats unless a council administration, sever- choose to keep using dis- such as broken toilets and we were not privy to the council and to adopt an member approaches him al meetings, especially tricts, the city will have moldy showers. decision to close Holman ordinance establishing with concerns before Feb. around the holidays, have to hire an attorney to The Department of at the time such a deci- the election process for 11. started late because of a draw district lines. Justice last year issued sion was being consid- the municipal election, On Tuesday, he pre- wait for a fourth council “That’s expensive, and a report condemning ered.” Town added that, which will be held Aug. sented four plans to the member to arrive. I’m not going to recom- Alabama prisons for ex- “we will continue to forge 25. council. Gilbert also recom- mend that we do that. cessive levels of violence ahead in our good faith Gilbert encouraged The first, electing five mended that each council Even if we stay with the and inmate deaths and negotiations.” council members to do council members at large, member be assigned an current districts, after a critical staffing short- Alabama will continue their own research as would be the least expen- area of oversight such as the 2020 Census data age. The Justice Depart- to house death row in- they make their decision. sive election because only public works, the police comes in, we’re legal- ment threatened to file a mates at Holman but the No council members one ballot would need to department or the city ly required to redraw lawsuit against the state inmates will be moved expressed opposition to be printed. budget. Constituents who our districts. So for the unless the problems were to a restrictive housing the change during the Currently, the city have a problem could then election in 2024, you must addressed. unit that has separate meeting. Council member prints seven different be directed to the council redraw the districts,” Groups represent- infrastructure systems. Larry Sides predicted ballots because voters member who is the most Gilbert said. ing inmates in ongoing The state on Tuesday that voters would need an can only vote for the knowledgeable in that The current system is litigation over prison night moved 21 death row adjustment period. person representing their area. the most expensive and conditions and medical inmates from Donaldson “I think it would take district. If the change Under the new struc- the most complex from an care said the closure will Correctional Facility to awhile for the city to is made, voters would ture, candidates would administrative stand- add inmates to prisons Holman. The execution realize that instead of be able to vote for every sign up to run by place point and would be the already struggling with chamber at Holman will being in a district, it has member of the council. once qualifying began. last one that he would crowding, violence and still be used for carrying changed, but I can see The city would also “You can say, ‘I’m recommend, according to staffing. out executions and the where it would work,” save $2,400 annually in running for Place 1, Place Gilbert. “Rather than pursu- state is consulting on how Sides said. salaries by eliminating 2, Place 3, Place 4, Place “I can’t in good con- ing band-aid solutions, to maintain the chamber, Council member Nakia two seats. 5,’ and you can see who science sit here and let us Alabama’s Department of Dunn said. Belser added that elected Gilbert noted that most has already signed up for roll the way we’ve been Corrections and Gover- The state will also officials who are serving municipalities of similar that place. In theory, if rolling,” he said. nor Ivey must focus their maintain a free-standing for the right reasons don’t size have five council we had the same interest Gilbert added that if efforts on addressing dorm that will house 150 make decisions based on members, adding that that we did last time, six the new structure does overcrowding and under- low-risk inmates serv- district lines. he has frequently gotten people would show up and not work out, the next staffing,” CJ Sandley, a ing life without parole “For a council that is befuddled looks when he only one person would be council could make a senior staff attorney with sentences. concerned about the city, says that Cordova has running against someone change in 2024.

Rowe From A1 once discussed in Walker County. She below the national average. county in the state, thanks to the late to announce a bill pushed by Lt. Gov. said the lease costs are then expected to Rowe said 95 percent of the people in- District Attorney Charles Baker, to Will Ainsworth and that she will carry be less expensive than operational and carcerate in Alabama are released, she have pre-trial diversion program‑as in in the House and Sen. Cam Ward will repair costs of facilities, “although it is said. “Then you might as well release diversion from prosecution by meeting carry in the Senate. The bill will talk kind of break even.” the person with the greatest potential some goals, such as completing an inter- about expediting law enforcement death “I think that is the solution she is not to return,” she added. To accomplish vention program. Baker sent Rowe and penalty cases. going with,” Rowe said. “There is going that might require substance abuse the current district attorney, Bill Adair, “Under current law, the appellate to be mega prison construction and the treatment, mental health treatment, to look at programs outside the state. procedures for all death penalty cases state is going to lease those facilities, as GED training and job training. Now, all Alabama counties have it. provides for a direct appeal to the Ala- well as maintain some of the existing 27 She said some discussion has been Court referral programs can handle bama Court of Criminal Appeals. Under facilities.” had about Pardon and Parole Board intervention programs, but it can be a current law, the Alabama Supreme Conversations have indicated three reforms, but she said it should be done costly process for defendants, she said. Court may hear death penalty cases facilities will be constructed, she said, with “true maintenance with people She believed in the programs, calling but is not required to hear cases,” she assuming the prison population of as who come out of prison who do not end them a “fantastic concept,” but has said. “This bill would remove the direct many prisons as they need to close due their sentence.” If prisoners come out had questions and concerns about how appeal to the Court of Criminal Ap- to their conditions. Before the Holman before their sentence ends, they need the goals are reached and how much it peals and would provide for a automatic announcement Thursday, no informa- people to mentor and coach them to costs people who are not in a position to direct appeal to the Alabama Supreme tion has been released on which facil- maintain a lifestyle to keep them from afford much drug testing, participation Court, in which the death penalty was ities would close, she said, although coming back into the system, Rowe in work release and fines. imposed and the victim was an on-duty those facilities which are “very expen- said. “There has been some conversation police officer or prison guard. sive to maintain and and repair” would A mass release of prisoners will not in the state, and there has been in “The bill would provide the Alabama be closed. She was certain the 51-year- take place, she said, noting it was once the study group, for standardizing Supreme Court would have an exclusive old Holman was probably on that list. discussed but now not as many people some of those ways to complete tasks appellate jurisdiction of cases where the From the time the former Jasper would qualify. to complete the program,” Rowe said. criminal is convicted of capital murder, police chief sat in her first legislative “We’re down to 74 percent violent In a couple of meetings she suggested sentenced to death and the victim was session in 2015, she heard repeatedly offenders in our prison system in the district attorney offices be funded at a an on-duty law enforcement officer or how bad the prison systems were. She state,” she said, estimating maybe less level where they could handle some of prison guard.” had called for more prisons to be built than 50 people in the state could be re- their own programs. The cases with the law enforcement when she ran, but she said she didn’t leased if the 2011 sentencing guidelines “I, like many other people, do not officers or prison guards would have know just how significant the issue had were made to apply to their cases. think justice needs to have a price tag priority over all other cases “and the become. “I’m not personally interested in any on it,” she said. “I think it readily needs appeal will be expedited to the extent Discussions by the study commission kind of sentencing reform,” she said. “I to be available to people across the practical,” she said. She said she hoped could impact the construction of new think if you do bad things you have to board. the bill would provide a deterrent in the prisons, Rowe said, pointing to class- be separated from the victim pool, and Of all of the members of the study system, because she felt it was only ev- room space as an example. I’m comfortable with that.” commission, she said she was probably ery couple of weeks that one reads about She pointed out that J. F. Ingram Rowe said one can look to what can least favorable to releasing prisoners a law enforcement officer being gunned State Technical College in Deatsville‑a be done with people prior to, currently due to her personal experience, includ- down in the country. “I’m excited to be a two-year community college where all in and after incarceration. Increased ing her law enforcement background part of that,” she said. the students are select prisoners‑trains supervision can be done after release, and 22 years in the District Attorney’s Those comments came days after an people to give skills so they can inte- she said. Education and training, Office, where she worked with victims. off-duty Birmingham police officer was grate successfully back into society. She mental health treatment and addiction “That was not always popular. I got shot and critically injured while re- said the facility’s recidivism rate‑mean- treatment are some things that could be a lot of heckling when they did public sponding to a robbery Sunday morning. ing repeatedly going back to prison‑is 7 done for those now in the system. hearings, but I’m a big girl,” she said. (In the next installment, Rowe will percent, while the state in general has As for before incarceration, she noted Rowe added that a press conference look over other possible legislation on 31 percent‑actually 3 percentage points in 1993 Walker County was the first was scheduled for today (Thursday) tap for the coming session.) Daily Mountain Eagle

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020 Opinion A6 EDITORIALS Creek Wilson talks of acting career

Let’s clean out imdb.com.) positive image of Sessions in the Trump is only a continuation the notebook... • By the way, it will be hard to poll, is impressive to me, even for • Actor Creek forget the date for the Jasper Ki- an internal poll. (I do wish there of a long and dangerous trend Wilson (“Wounds,” wanis Pancake Day, as it will be on was more independent polling in “Ma), who is Saturday, Feb. 29, due to leap year. this race.) President Trump has astonishingly declared, from Jasper and Tickets are already being sold by • If some meeting stories seemed “Article II (of the U.S. Constitution) gives me the now in his late members for the event, which will slow next week, it didn’t help that right to do whatever I want.” Statements like this 50s, spoke to the be held at Bevill State Community they were quite full meetings‑and have probably contributed to his current impeach- Kiwanis Club of From College in Jasper. Also, one may that on Wednesday morning that ment predicament. And Alan Dershowitz, one of his Jasper Monday Where I Sit also note that the Rotary Club’s week I tripped on the uneven side- defenders in the Senate trial, has thrown gasoline about his career. Trivia Night will be the night be- walk and fell on my hand, which of the same fire with the jaw-dropping assertion He still does local Ed Howell fore, Friday, Feb. 28, and they are bled something awful. I wound that “the president’s far more powerful than the real estate on the trying to get teams signed up now. up at urgent care where, after a king. The president has the power that kings have side, but is flexible enough to be • I was real thrilled to see that tetanus shot, they said part of it on never had.” He added, “He has a very, very powerful ready to go if a job comes up. He Brian Elliott, a Jasper mail carrier my palm was a deep wound. The office, and the framers wanted it that way.” has agents and is even a member of who goes to First Baptist Church wrist also burn a lot as well, as Not so much. Trump has either not read the the Screen Actors Guild. (The guild of Jasper, has been called to be the that is a pretty sensitive area. So Constitution or is distorting it for his own purposes. is a union, so that if a non-union children’s minister of First Baptist I’ve had to learn how to bandage Dershowitz, a self-professed “liberal Democrat” and film job comes up, he can’t take it. in Cordova. Brian is one of the that area and what to use, but famous criminal defense attorney, has taken it upon They have a number of benefits most genuine Christians I know the mornings felt like they were himself to write several books on the Constitution such as helping unemployed actors and he has a real heart for Christ devoted to learning and tracking that espouse the unitary theory of the executive — and even helping actors in getting and for others, and I think chil- down the right materials. Between a theory of an uber-powerful president that bears housing and retirement benefits.) dren would love him. He is a real that and a pesky sinus drainage no resemblance to the text of the Constitution or He noted some scenes he has been blessing to many people. They an- (which became so bad I finally gave history surrounding the nation’s founding. in have been deleted, but he’s paid nounced his call in church, brought in after weeks and used Zyrtec), The creation of the Imperial Presidency can be just the same. One scene in a mov- him down to speak, and did a plus what I went through on the laid at the feet of Dershowitz’s liberal Democrats. ie was deleted, but it was put on commissioning prayer for him. eye surgeries, I would like to recall The Founders had first rebelled against the the DVD as a deleted scene, so he’ll • By the way, First Baptist also what it was like to be healthy. increasingly powerful monarchy of George III of still get residuals. did something unique for the first • Let’s hear it for the Carbon Hill Britain and then instituted a loose, decentralized Wilson ‑who is a character actor time, and you would have thought Women’s Club for trying to raise association of states under the Articles of Confeder- who gets billed for “bartender” Baptists like me would have fig- funds to help the Blue Gym in ation, which didn’t even have an executive because or “liquor store bum,” and such ured this out before. During the Carbon Hill. That facility could be of fears of tyranny. The Founders then discovered much of the time, noted a number Lord’s Supper, they only passed very useful for the community, but that the tyranny of majorities in state legislatures of famous actors are pretty good through the congregation once. it is going to take a long-term dose trampled on the rights of minorities. guys who “put on the pants one leg They put the cracker, or “bread,” of tender loving care. The city has At the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the at at time,” noting he has worked in one small cup, and stacked the taken some actions, but it may take subsequent creation of the Bill of Rights, the fram- with Octavia Spencer and James juice cup on top of that, as there several entities to get it on track as ers decided to minimize the chance that tyranny Cann. (Jeremy London has been was just enough room for the crack- it needs to be. I think the commu- would reign by creating three branches of govern- a good friend to him over time.) er. nity should look at other resources, ment — the Congress to pass laws, an independent He couldn’t say enough about Will That saved a lot of labor, as such as the Walker Area Commu- but modest executive who would merely carry out Smith, who came up to him on the deacons usually for years made nity Foundation and the Cawaco Congress’s wishes at home and abroad, and a judi- set and introduced himself, and two passes to hand out both. (And RC&D Council for some aspects of ciary that would interpret Congress’s laws in dis- then the rest of the shoot would frankly, it is probably more sani- the work. puted cases — designed to clash so that no branch call out, “Oh, Mr. Willllllsoooon?” tary for flu season, as you probably • And then there is Kobe Bry- or individual could be become too powerful. Smith could cut up one minute but, have people fumbling their fingers ant’s death. I think it is always The Constitution’s framers were increasing the when the cameras rolled, knew his through the bread plate before sad to see the death of a 41-year- power of the central (federal) government compared lines and was completely profes- picking one up.) old parent, incredibly successful, to that under the Articles of Confederation, but they sional. • For those who have time to enjoying early retirement and new still tried to limit it by strictly specifying (enumer- Wilson noted his claim to fame go to Montgomery, the Alabama ventures, and being somewhat of ating) the specific powers of each branch of it. so far has been a Budweiser Super Department of Archives and a successful parent. Moreover, to For more than a hundred years, the chief exec- Bowl commercial where the com- History have a free monthly “Food see that man die with his young utive, with a few notable exceptions, remained the pany founder came to America in for Thought” Thursday lunchtime daughter and so many others in a modest office that its title of “president” (as opposed the 19th Century and was mocked lecture series where you bring a helicopter crash is tragic. to the more potent, but rejected, title of “governor”) by several on the street (including brown bag lunch (beverages provid- That tragedy doubles when you indicated — up to the Spanish-American War at the Wilson’s clearly seen character, if ed). Feb. 20 will talk about Marga- realize the icon status the man dawn of the twentieth century. briefly) for being an immigrant. ret Murray Washington, “Tuskegee achieved in basketball, almost to The wars of the new century began to expand the The commercial came out about reformer,” March 19 will look at the level of Babe Ruth with his power of the presidency outside the modest bounds the time that Trump’s immigration Julia Tutwiler and April 16 sill final game. And Bryant was that of the original office envisioned by the Constitu- policies were starting. The next examine the environmental history rare athlete now who stays in a city tion’s framers. Woodrow Wilson, a Bourbon (limited thing Wilson knew, his daughter of the Civil War in Alabama. The his entire career, becoming a part government) Democrat turned progressive, began was calling to say his commercial full schedule for the year is at the of that community. the aggrandizement during World War I. The was being talked about on “The department’s website. I think that striving for excel- war model was brought back during peacetime to Today Show.” A few days later, his • The Jeff Sessions Senate cam- lence, the priority he had for his “combat” the Great Depression and was expanded daughter couldn’t escape seeing her paign is touting a new internal poll family and the loss of so much by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to fight World War II. father on television. showing Sessions with 43 percent potential from Bryant and his The liberal FDR used fictitious “inherent” powers of He has played a number of bad of Republican voters in the Senate daughter has touched this nation the executive, not enumerated in the Constitution, men, but he has one project com- campaign; Bradley Byrne had 22 at a time when we need positive to trade U.S. warships for British bases, deploy ing up on PureFlix, the Christian percent and Tommy Tuberville people to look up to, no matter your troops to Iceland, and run an undeclared naval war streaming channel, called “Grid- had 21 percent, showing Byrne race, sport or age. against German submarines even before the attack iron Gospel,” where he plays a good has overtaken Tuberville since Ed Howell is the Daily Mountain Eagle’s news on Pearl Harbor. guy. (There is more about him at December. That, and a 72 percent editor. FDR’s successor, Harry Truman, created what has been termed the “imperial presidency” — a powerful executive abroad with it bleeding back into domestic affairs as well — by marrying “inher- ent” powers with a new beefed up national security TODAY IN structure around the president, for example, the creation of the National Security Council and the CIA. HISTORY To blame liberal Democrats solely for the dramat- ic expansion of the power of the presidency would Today is Thursday, be unfair, however. During the long 20-year run Jan. 30, the 30th day of of liberal Democrats FDR and Truman, the GOP 2020. There are 336 days claimed to be for restoring Congress’s constitutional left in the year. power to push back against the executive. 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Thursday, A7 Jan. 30, 2020 Sports BASKETBALL NFL MLB Meeting with Kobe sent #GirlDads trending Goodell: Diversity Baker reach- in coach/executive es agreement From The Associated Press hirings must NEW YORK — Dads with to become daughters inspired by Kobe improve Astros man- Bryant’s special bond with his 13-year-old Gianna took to ager social media to celebrate their From the Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) own in words and photos using MIAMI — Stopping short of — Dusty Baker has the hashtag #GirlDads. saying the Rooney Rule is not reached an agree- The outpouring on Twitter working, NFL Commissioner ment to be the man- and Instagram came in part Roger Goodell noted Wednesday ager of the Houston after ESPN anchor Elle Dun- the league needs change to its Astros, a person can offered a tearful, person- minority hiring policy. with knowledge of al remembrance of a chance Though the league requires the negotiations meeting with Bryant two years teams to interview minority can- told The Associated ago while she was pregnant didates, only two African-Ameri- Press on Wednesday. with a girl, and how proud he cans have been hired for 19 open The person spoke was of his daughters. Her story head coaching spots over the past on condition of spread quickly this week in three years. The league has only anonymity because the aftermath of the helicopter two minority general managers the deal had not yet crash that killed the basketball among the 32 teams. been announced. legend, his ball-playing teen “Clearly we are not where we The 70-year-old and seven others in Calabasas, want to be on this level,’’ he said Baker became the California. at his annual Super Bowl news oldest manager in “When I reflect on this conference. “We have a lot of the big leagues. tragedy, and that half an hour work that has gone into not only He takes over from I spent with Kobe Bryant two the Rooney Rule but our policy AJ Hinch, who was years ago, I suppose that the overall. It’s clear we need change fired Jan. 13 just only small source of comfort and do something different. an hour after he for me is knowing that he died “There’s no reason to expect was suspended for doing what he loved the most,” we’re going to have a different the season by Major Duncan said on air. “Being a outcome next year without those League Baseball for dad. Being a girl dad.” kinds of changes and we’ve his role in Houston’s Her retelling Monday was already begun engaging in those sign-stealing scan- watched by millions by Wednes- changes. Not just with our di- dal. day, when the hashtags #Girl- versity committee, not just with Dads and #GirlDad trended the Fritz Pollard Alliance, but on Twitter. Bryant had three others. And trying to figure out daughters at the time of their what steps we could take next NFL backstage, hallway chat in New that would lead to better out- York. He and his wife, Vanessa, comes. It’s clear we’re all commit- Browns part had a fourth daughter last year. ted to doing that, and we have to After Duncan’s story spread make those changes. ways with VP quickly, dads, daughters and “We will have a series of of personnel girl moms celebrating their meetings which we’ve already guys offered up their appreci- scheduled over the next month to Highsmith ation of their own, along with get that kind of dialogue going, CLEVELAND their love for Bryant as tributes to continue the dialogue to try to (AP) — The Cleve- to the sports great continued determine what are the solutions land Browns have after Sunday’s crash. Alex Ro- so we can have those better out- decided to part ways driguez, the father of two girls, comes, he added.” with vice president was among the sports figures The Rooney Rule, which has of player personnel and other celebrities who post- been adopted by other leagues Alonzo Highsmith ed: “I’m so proud and lucky to and businesses, calls for a in the team’s latest be a #GirlDad.” minority candidate to be inter- front-office shakeup, Regular dads also joined in, viewed for head coaching and a person familiar including Ken Heidelberg, 25, AP executive openings such as gen- with the decision a shift supervisor for a Dallas This April 10, 2014 file photo shows Gianna Maria-Onore eral managers. Critics have said told The Associated security company. those interviews are often simply Press on Wednesday. “How much I love you, words Bryant on the shoulders of her father, Kobe, as they attend token responses to the rule and Highsmith, who or action will never be enough,” the women’s soccer match between the United States and that the minority candidates are was with Cleve- he tweeted along with a video China in San Diego. not seriously considered for those land for two years, of his 1-year-old soon after she positions. has left along with fraternity sisters. Daughter Au- of the crash. Duncan recalled was born. “I look at you and see gust was born Nov. 15, 2018. asking Bryant two years ago if Goodell also addressed negoti- college scouting di- perfection through my lens!” ations between the NFL Players rector Steve Malin, “I cried,” he said. “Now that he wanted more children. In a telephone interview, I have a daughter, I wouldn’t “He said that his wife, Association and the league on according to the per- Heidelberg told The Associated a new labor deal. The current son who spoke to the know what to do with a boy. I Vanessa, really wanted to try Press his desire for a boy melted want all girls. Knowing that again for a boy, but was sort of 10-year contract runs out in AP on condition of away the moment he and his March 2021 and there is opti- anonymity because Kobe died with his daughter, jokingly concerned that it would wife hosted a gender reveal I can’t imagine the pain as a be another girl,” she said. “I was mism on both fronts that a new the moves have not gathering on the campus of deal would be finalized before been made public. parent.” like, ‘Four girls, are you joking? their alma mater, the Univer- Bryant was a doting dad with What would you think? How this March when the 2020 league Highsmith’s sity of Southern Mississippi in year begins. departure comes his wife, Vanessa. Bryant was would you feel?’” Hattiesburg. She popped a bal- fond of talking about his girls Bryant responded that all “We’ve been having incredibly one day after the loon and the color pink erupted, productive dialogue,’’ Goodell Browns announced and being a girl dad. They were girls was just fine with him. to the joy of the couple and some on their way to one of Gianna’s Duncan’s ESPN clip has been said. ”I think we’ve made a lot the hiring of general of their invited sorority and manager Andrew basketball games at the time See KOBE, A8 See NFL, A8 Berry, who returned to Cleveland after spending one season PREP WRESTLING in Philadelphia as the Eagles’ vice president of football Vikings win operations. Berry is the NFL’s youngest GM and Trimatch on only the second African American Senior night currently serving in that role. By W. BRIAN HALE Highsmith has Eagle Sports Writer been rumored to Dashton Rush, Kadrin Icen- be on his way out hower and Ja’Kelynn Walker since Dec. 31, when were honored on Tuesday as GM John Dorsey past of the Jasper Wrestling resigned after two senior night, with the Vikings seasons. recording a pair of wins — Dorsey brought 66-15 over Hayden and 38-25 Highsmith to Cleve- over #3 Alexandria — in a land after working Trimatch at Carl Cannon with him in Green Coliseum. Bay. Picking up individual vic- tories against Hayden were Ethan Caldwell (106 lbs., pin- fall), Antonio Nash (120 lbs., pinfall), Cooper Brooks (126 lbs., pinfall), Alex Glass (138 lbs., pinfall), Preston Reed (152 lbs., pinfall), Ja’Kelynn Walk- er (170 lbs., pinfall), Kadrin Icenhower (182 lbs., pinfall), Dashton Rush (195 lbs., pin- fall) and Ross McWalters (285 lbs., pinfall). The two wins gives Jasper Special to the Eagle a 30-6 duals record on the season. 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From the Associated Press 49ers team featuring plenty of speed- Mostert said if he was putting togeth- “I’ve only gone that fast like in a car, sters as well. er a relay team he’d use the running so I don’t know how it feels other than MIAMI — Tyreek Hill has plans for It’s no accident that the league’s two back room with himself, Tevin Cole- that, but both those two are real fast the speedy Kansas City receiving group fastest offenses are playing for the man, Matt Breida and Jeff Wilson Jr. guys,” Reid said. after the Super Bowl. championship on Sunday as offenses Mostert, Breida and Coleman all ran “It gives you an opportunity to obvi- “If I’m healthy and my mind is in the seek more and more to get playmakers the 40-yard dash leading up to their ously stretch the field.” right place, I’d go try out for the Olym- the ball in space rather than just run it drafts under 4.4 seconds. With so much speed on the field, it pics, put together a relay,” Hill said. up the middle with brute force. San Francisco’s running backs led will put added pressure on the defenses “We’d show these track guys, ‘Hey, we The Chiefs were the NFL’s fastest the league in average top speed with to try to keep up. football players can do that, too.’” team this season with ball carriers the ball with Breida’s 22.3 mph on an That’s not something that overly con- Hill might only have been half-kid- averaging a top speed of 13.34 mph, 83-yard TD run against Cleveland the cerns Niners cornerback Richard Sher- ding but he’d sure have a speedy crew. according to NextGen Stats compiled by fastest time all season for a ball carrier. man, who has been one of the NFL’s Hill said he’d race with fellow receivers SportRadar. Mostert wasn’t far behind when he hit top cover cornerbacks since entering Mecole Hardman and Sammy Watkins, The Niners were only a tick behind at 21.87 mph on a 36-yard TD run in the the league in 2011 despite a not-so-im- and cornerback Charvarius Ward in a 13.32 mph. NFC title game against Green Bay. pressive 40 time at the combine of 4.56 relay team. With so much speed on both sides Injured receiver Marquise Goodwin is seconds. While that group might not be able to maybe they could hold a 400-meter faster than all of them, with a combine “This is a fast football league,” Sher- win a gold medal in Tokyo, it’s enough relay race in place of the opening coin 40 time of 4.27 seconds. man said. to strike fear in opposing coaches. toss. Goodwin competed in the 2012 Olym- “There’s a lot of teams with speed. “It almost looks like they got their “If we do line up for a relay, they’d pics as a long jumper and also is an There’s a lot of teams that have a roster from the Olympic relay team and probably win,” Niners safety Jimmie accomplished sprinter. tremendous amount of speed on the threw them all on the football field,” Ward. The Chiefs speed is mostly at receiver outside, on the inside. At the end of 49ers defensive coordinator Robert “But one thing about it, this is foot- where they led the league in average the day, you’ve got to go out there and Saleh said. ball. There’s such a thing as a helmet top speed with Hill posting the top execute your scheme regardless. You “Not to say they can’t run routes and and shoulder pads. And we hit. We are mark of 22.81 mph when he chased can go out there and face five receivers catch either, because they can do that. very physical with how we hit.” down teammate Damien Williams after that run a 4.6, and if you don’t execute They’re a special group and you can see The Niners have plenty of speed of a long run to celebrate in the end zone. your scheme, you can get run out of the why they’re there.” their own led by running back Raheem Hardman is right there with Hill building. So at the end of the day, we The Chiefs bring the NFL’s fastest Mostert, who was clocked with the when it comes to speed, giving coach expect to go out there and do what we’ve group of wide receivers led by Hill and fastest time of the season for the 49ers Andy Reid the deep threats he covets done.” Hardman into the Super Bowl against a at 22.85 mph. for his offense. NFL From A7 Kobe From A7 of progress at now seven phasis on player safety, to play a regular-season nio Brown is to help him viewed on Twitter more than 33 million times. or eight months since we Goodell said all metrics game in Mexico City this be successful in life. He Minnesota Viking Kyle Rudolph was also among began those discussions are showing the game is season and next. It will did not offer any updates the posters to share. He put out a photo of his two more formally. safer than ever. be the fifth and sixth on where the investiga- young girls, writing that he’s “raising 2 #Mambacita’s “I think we’ve ad- Concussions, though, games played at Azteca tion stands regarding #GirlDad,” referring to the trademark Bryant filed for dressed difficult issues were up slightly last Stadium. the troubled receiver, Gianna as a play on his own nickname, “The Black that face our league going season, and lower extrem- Goodell said dates and who was released by the Mamba.” forward and looking ity injuries have become teams will be announced Patriots this season when On “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in 2018, Bryant said Gi- forward. I think both the a major focus for the when the schedule is re- allegations of sex abuse anna bristled when she heard fans tell him he needed players and management league’s medical staff. vealed in early spring. surfaced. Brown has since to have a boy to carry on his legacy. and everyone at the ne- “Safety has been at the — The latest probe had a series of off-field in- “She’s like, `Oi, I got this,’” he said. gotiations have worked to forefront and our No. 1 into Patriots videotaping cidents. Any return to the Bryant, a big supporter of the WNBA, had reached try to find creative solu- priority of our players,” shenanigans is not com- league is contingent on out to other girls in basketball. He met Tamika Catch- tions to make the NFL he said, mentioning data pleted. his being cleared to play ings early on. She played basketball for the University better and that’s what that shows which ``tech- The NFL is in no rush again by the NFL. of Tennessee, is a four-time Olympic gold medalist, you want.’’ niques should be taken to reach a conclusion — Goodell hinted that spent 15 years in the WNBA for the Indiana Fever As for putting a timeta- out of the game,’’ thus about the video of the the next open Super Bowl and is now the Fever’s general manager. Bryant and ble on a potential agree- affecting rules changes. Bengals sideline being would be awarded by the Catchings met her through her dad, Harvey Catch- ment, Goodell wouldn’t “For us, the data is the taken for a Patriots web- end of the calendar year ings, who played in the NBA from 1974 until 1985 for speculate. key component to what site. when asked whether Las the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee “The process will we want to do in chang- Patriots coach Bill Vegas is in line for such Bucks and Los Angeles Clippers. close when the process ing the season. We don’t Belichick has said he a game. The next four The elder Catchings told the AP by telephone from closes, when all of us look at it as just we (will) never viewed the footage Super Bowls will be in his suburban Houston home that his #GirlDad pride feel comfortable that have a 17th game. We and the team maintains Tampa, Los Angeles, the extends to all three of his daughters, including anoth- we’ve reached an agree- look at the entire season, the purpose of the filming Phoenix area, and New er ball player, Tauja Catchings, an All-American who ment that we want to go the offseason, training was for an illustration of Orleans. played in college and overseas and now runs Catch forward with,” he said. camp, how we prepare the work team advance He also said the NFL the Stars, Tamika’s foundation. He’s the proud dad of “I don’t know when that our players to get ready scouts do while on the is not married to the two sons as well, including ball-loving Kenyon, 20. will be. I think it’s more for the season, how we road. defending Super Bowl “Every Sunday, all of us, Tauja, Tamika and Ken- important to get it right.” practice during the sea- The team says it ac- champions hosting the yon and I, would go to the gym and work out together, One of the major bar- son. So all those changes cepts full responsibility Thursday night kickoff just work on their game,” said the 68-year-old Catch- gaining points of a new and taking techniques for the crew’s actions. game for the season. ings. “I loved the opportunity to just spend time with CBA is adding a 17th out of those games has Goodell disagreed with That could bring the them, talk to them, listen to what they wanted to do regular-season game, made our game safer.” the presumption it was a opening of the new Las when they grew up. Mika wanted to be the first girl to presumably to be played simple investigation. Vegas or Los Angeles sta- play in the NBA. You never know. Some girl may do it at neutral sites. On other topics: — The NFL’s main diums into play for that one day.” Asked if that didn’t fit goal regarding the case prime-time spot. Catchings recalled how Tamika was bullied as with the league’s em- —The NFL will return involving receiver Anto- a young girl. She wore hearing aids and had thick glasses. “They used to make fun of her at school,” he said. “I used to tell her that she was my perfect child and that she could whatever she wanted to do. She did what Kobe did. She said, `I’m going to compete at a much, Chiefs’ practice facility left home alone much higher level. Because I can. Because I will.’”

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We don’t want Chiefs or San Francisco Dash Rush, and Ja’Kelynn Walker, we love you and that they would bring Akshay Khanna, gener- any risk of those items 49ers. everyone associated with appreciate all you have given to this program. 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BRUSSELS (AP) — The its hurdles, there are still Macron said in Paris. “The pri- European Union grudgingly let huge uncertainties around ority is to define, in the short, go of the United Kingdom with the future relationship. After medium and long term the in- a final vote Wednesday at the Britain’s departure on Friday, a terests of the European Union EU’s parliament that ended the so-called transition period will and to preserve them.” Brexit divorce battle and set begin during which the U.K. The EU has said such a time- the scene for tough trade nego- will remain within the EU’s span is far too short and fears tiations in the year ahead. economic arrangements until remain that a chaotic exit, In an emotion-charged ses- the end of the year though it averted this week, might still sion at the session in Brussels, won’t have a say in policy as it happen at the end of the year if lawmakers from all 28 EU will not be a member of the EU the transition ends without any countries expressed their love anymore. agreement in place. and sadness, while some, nota- “That’s it. It’s all over,” said Von der Leyen said the pre- bly from Britain’s Brexit Party, Nigel Farage, who has cam- condition to granting the U.K. their joy. paigned for Brexit for two de- advantageous entry into its Some even cried and many cades. On departing the scene, single market of almost half a held hands during a mourn- the man who arguably did more billion consumers is that “”Eu- ful rendition of the Auld than anyone else in the coun- ropean and British businesses Lang Syne farewell song try’s decision to vote for Brexit continue to compete on a level that contrasted sharply with in the June 2016 referndum, playing field.” hard-headed exhortations that waved Britain’s Union Flag. “We will certainly not ex- AP Photo Britain won’t find it easy in EU countries are preparing pose our companies to unfair the talks that will follow the MEP’s wear banners and react after a vote on the UK’s for the possibility that talks on competition. And it’s very clear country’s official departure on withdrawal from the EU, the final legislative step in the a new trade deal with Britain the trade-off is simple. The Friday. “We will always love Brexit proceedings, during the plenary session at the Eu- could collapse by year’s end, more the United Kingdom does you and we will never be far,” ropean Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. and no-deal contingency plan- commit to uphold our stan- said EU Commission President ning for a chaotic end to the dards for social protection and Ursula von der Leyen. The U.K. is due to leave the EU on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, transition period is necessary. worker’s rights, our guarantees Britain will leave the EU the first nation in the bloc to do so. Britain is seeking to thrash for the environment and other after 47 years of membership. until Brexit day, the legislature week’s backing by the U.K.’s out a comprehensive trade deal standards and rules ensuring It is the first country to leave overwhelmingly approved Brit- Parliament. within 11 months, a timetable fair competition, the closer and the EU and for many in Europe ain’s departure terms from the The parliament’s chief Brexit viewed as ambitious by many better the access to the single its official departure at 11 p.m. EU — 621 to 49 in favor of the official, Guy Verhofstadt, said observers of trade discussions, market.” London time on Friday, Jan. 31 Brexit deal that British Prime that “this vote is not an adieu,” which can often drag on for Sticking to EU standards is a moment of enormous sad- Minister Boris Johnson nego- adding that it is “only an au years. however is anathema to the ness and reduces the number tiated with the other 27 EU revoir.” “We will not yield to any Brexiteers who wanted to be in the bloc to 27. leaders in the fall of last year. Though the deal on Britain’s pressure nor any haste,” free from any constraints im- With just two days to go The deal’s passage follows last divorce terms has cleared French President Emmanuel posed by Brussels.

Parent resistance thwarts local Israel postpones move to annex school desegregation efforts large parts of West Bank

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. JERUSALEM (AP) need to ensure that Israel to annex all its (AP) — As they try to — Israel has postponed the extension of Israeli settlements in the West address stubborn school a move to annex large sovereignty matches Bank while giving the segregation, many of the parts of the West Bank, up with a “conceptual Palestinians limited self- nation’s school districts a government minister map” released by the rule over the Gaza Strip, confront a familiar said Wednesday, a day administration showing chunks of the West Bank obstacle: resistance from after Prime Minister the borders of a future and other far-flung areas affluent, well-organized Benjamin Netanyahu Palestinian state. linked together by roads, and mostly white parents vowed to quickly act on “It is a process that bridges and tunnels. It to changes affecting their the Trump adminis- does require some effort, also grants Israel virtu- children’s classrooms. tration’s Mideast plan some understanding, ally all of east Jerusa- From New York City despite fierce Palestinian some calibration,” he lem, including the Old to Richmond, Virginia, opposition. said. “I’m not going to City and holy sites. sweeping proposals to Netanyahu had said speculate how long that The Palestinians view ease inequities have been the Cabinet would vote will take. The president the settlements in the scaled back or canceled Sunday on extending did use the word ‘imme- West Bank and annexed after encountering a Israeli sovereignty to diately.’” east Jerusalem — ter- backlash. The debates dozens of Jewish set- The Palestinians an- ritories seized by Israel have been charged AP Photo tlements as well as the grily rejected the Trump in the 1967 war — as a with emotion and racist Jordan Valley, a move plan, which would allow major obstacle to peace. rhetoric reminiscent of In this Sept. 26, 2019, photo, protesters stand that risks provoking a the aftermath of Brown outside Howard County government building harsh backlash from vs. Board of Education, in Ellicott City, Md. The group is opposed to a the Palestinians and the U.S. Supreme Court school redistricting plan that will force some the international com- decision that threw out students to be relocated to other schools. munity. state laws establishing But he appears to sions were on display the county. segregated schools. have put annexation for months last year In November, the How- While the federal on hold to explore the after the Howard County ard County Board of Edu- government has largely legal ramifications and school board directed the cation approved reassign- stepped back from the to coordinate it with the superintendent to start a ing some 5,400 students, 903 11th St. NE , Jasper, AL 35504 aggressive role it played United States. EEOE comprehensive redistrict- not including two partic- decades ago in school Tourism Minister 205-221-9111 ing process. The Howard ular high schools — River desegregation, some local Yariv Levin told Israel County Council in August Hill High and Wilde Lake districts have acted in Radio that a Cabinet Now Hiring at Both Locations: requested that the blue- High, where less than 5% recognition of increasing- vote on annexing ter- print address socioeco- and more than 45% of ly apparent racial divides ritories on Sunday was nomic and racial segre- students, respectively, are CNAs/LPNs/RNs and the long-established not technically feasi- gation across the school from low-income families. educational benefits of ble because of various We offer an experience pay scale, system, which serves Parents of students at integration. preparations, including low patient to CNA ratio, about 59,000 children, River Hill High had been In Howard County, the need to consult the majority of whom are among the most outspo- exceptional health care benefits. Maryland, a suburban Israel’s attorney gener- minorities. Most low-in- ken protesters. community between al. Israel has not had a Come join our team and be a part of come students are black Some parents are now Washington and Bal- permanent government something greater than yourself! and Hispanic. challenging the plan in timore, one parent in a year, following two The superintendent court. Others would have who supports reforms inconclusive elections, originally proposed mov- preferred to see more lamented the presence of and it’s unclear if a ing some 7,400 students ambitious changes. “concentrated poverty in caretaker government to different schools. The Popp said the scaled- certain schools and con- can embark on such a overwhelming opposi- back redistricting sends a centrated wealth in other move. tion was led by white message that “people who schools.” David Friedman, the and Asian families, who can afford the matching “When we have con- American ambassador protested near an area T-shirts and the fancy centrated poverty, those to Israel, told reporters mall and flooded public signs” and have time to 201 Oak Hill Rd., Jasper, AL 35504 students are not getting that a joint U.S.-Is- EEOE meetings. organize can get their 205-221-4862 that same quality of edu- raeli committee would They carried signs way. cation,” said Dawn Popp, that read “Kids before a white mother of two politics,” “Swapping kids students in local schools. creates new inequities” The Supreme Court has and “No forced busing.” Pre-planning Counseling Available ruled that race cannot be Speakers at public meet- used as the driving factor Please come by and visit our newly remodeled chapel! ings said the changes in assigning students to would cause stress and public schools. But more anxiety for their children. than 100 school dis- One suggested the trans- tricts have implemented fers could lead students to voluntary desegregation consider suicide. plans that work around Opponents insisted the that ruling by mixing issue was not about race students from families and sought to distance with different incomes or themselves from racist educational levels, factors feedback submitted in often associated with writing. race, according to Rich- George Henry, a retiree ard Kahlenberg, a senior living in Ellicott City, fellow at the Century wrote in a newspaper op- Foundation in Washing- ed that his children, now ton. in their 30s, received good The success of such educations in the local efforts can depend on schools, with highly di- the size of the coalition verse classmates. He said seeking change and how the “artificial and forced well the goals are com- Wilson Funeral Home & Crematory mixing” is unnecessary. municated. The most He told The Associated important task for school Helping you make the difficult decisions about how best to honor the memory of your loved one. Press the “fundamental officials is “to explain to factor” to closing the the public why integrated achievement gap is the schools are good for ev- 31404 NE 1st Ave., support students have at eryone,” Kahlenberg said. home, which is not up to Carbon Hill, AL 35501 (205) 924-4147 Race and class divi-