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INSIDE TODAY: Truck attack suspect is charged with terrorism offenses / A3 NOV. 2, 2017 JASPER, ALABAMA — THURSDAY — WWW.MOUNTAINEAGLE.COM 75 CENTS LADY VIKINGS COMPETING FOR 6A STATE TITLE BRIEFS Parrish Jasper’s Tameyah ADECA boss Veteran’s Griffin (8) and Jordan Day program Gilbert (99) block a reviews shot by Helena’s moved to gym Anna Claire Hulbert (2) With rain in the during their match at state CDBG, forecast for Friday, the State Volleyball organizers of the Tournament on ARC grants Parrish Veteran’s Wednesday. Jasper Day program said defeated both Helena By ED HOWELL Daily Mountain Eagle Wednesday the and Spanish Fort to program will be held earn a spot in today’s Kenneth W. Boswell, the new direc- at Parrish Elemen- Class 6A championship tor of the Alabama Department of tary School gymna- Economic and Community Affairs game. For more, see (ADECA), on Mon- sium. The program A11 of today’s Eagle. day reviewed how will begin Friday at cities can get 12:30 p.m. Daily Mountain Eagle - Johnathan Bentley CDBG and ARC grants, and strongly urged E-911 board A SPOTLIGHT ON EDUCATION area mayors to allow the Regional to meet Nov. 8 Planning Commis- The Walker sion of Greater County E-911 Birmingham to apply for grants for Board of Directors free on their be- Kenneth will meet Wednes- half. Boswell day, Nov. 8, begin- Boswell spoke to ning at 3 p.m. at the two dozen area leaders from the dis- trict of Senate Majority Leader Greg Walker County E- Reed, R-Jasper, many of them munic- 911 building on ipal officials from Walker County. North Airport Road He spoke at Bevill State Commu- in Jasper. nity College in Jasper at the invita- tion of Reed, talking at length about Interviews with the various grant programs that are candidates for the available to local communities. director’s job will be Boswell also urged them to keep ap- held. plying for various projects each year and to leverage different grants for funding projects. Gov. Kay Ivey appointed Boswell, CORRECTION an Elba native who at the time was mayor of Enterprise, to the post ear- In a story about lier this year, effective May 15. As The Sly Fox on mayor from 2003 to 2017 he had been able to obtain $54.5 million, arrang- Wednesday’s busi- ing for someone to hunt for grants. ness page, an error “We knew it was as forced multi- was made regard- plier for our budgets,” he said. “With- ing the address. out the grants, we would not have Daily Mountain Eagle - Nicole Smith otherwise been able to achieve what The Sly Fox is lo- Sen. Greg Reed interacts with students in Parrish Elementary School’s new First Class Pre- we did as a city over the last 14 years. cated at 400 19th K classroom Monday. We grew at a rate, a percentage of Street East in 25.5 percent.” Jasper, not 10th Reed said he wanted to provide an opportunity to have access to the top Street. leader of the agency in Montgomery The Eagle regrets First Class Pre-K program that is responsible for the majority of this error and any grants from the federal and state gov- confusion it may ernments. He noted that Boswell had reached out to Reed three weeks into have caused. his tenure to ask how he could help continues to grow the district and the Legislature to col- laborate. DEATHS Area leaders expect positive, long-term impact for Walker County See BOSWELL, A5 Linda Mitchell Kuhn, 71, Millport By NICOLE SMITH Charles Van Brock, 38 Daily Mountain Eagle “When you look at Walker County INSIDE Grover Williams, 91, Jasper PARRISH — The state of Alabama’s First compared to other counties, the House GOP to keep Full obituaries / A2 Class Pre-K program was recognized Monday at rate of [Pre-K] expansion here over Parrish Elementary School, which has one of the income tax rate for most recently added Pre-K classrooms in Walker the last two years has been phe- wealthiest earners WEATHER County. nomenal.” Representatives from the Alabama School WASHINGTON (AP) — Furi- Readiness Alliance (ASRA), VOICES for Al- - Allison Muhlendorf, executive ously working to finish a tax High Low abama’s Children (nonprofit education groups) and the Walker Area Community Foundation at- director of the Alabama bill, House Republicans have 78 64 tended a press conference at Parrish Elementary School Readiness Alliance decided to keep the income tax Monday to speak about the state’s First Class rate for the wealthiest earners Pre-K program and its positive impact in Walker in the face of Democratic criti- County. dorf said their organization advocates for addi- INDEX First Class Pre-K is a voluntary program that tional funding to create more First Class Pre-K cism that the overhaul pushed serves to start educating 4-year-olds before they classrooms in the state, and she provided some by President Donald Trump Classifieds..............A9 enter kindergarten. See PRE-K, A5 would benefit the rich. / A4 Comics....................A8 Executive Director of ASRA Allison Muhlen- Dear Abby...............A8 Horoscope..............A8 Opinion...................A6 Sports...................A11 For the Record.......A2 Owner retiring, closing One section, 14 pages men’s store after 47 years Check out our By ED HOWELL and back,” he said with a laugh. Facebook Daily Mountain Eagle “I’m going to hate closing it. It’s page at bittersweet that I am doing this, Randall “Randy” Byrd, the Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle but all good things have to stop owner and manager of National at some point.” Menswear, announced this week After thinking about it for he is retiring and closing the Big some time, a decision was made and Tall clothing store which has within the past couple of weeks. been a fixture on Highway 118 Signs indicating the retirement in Jasper for more than four sale were put up Tuesday in decades. front of the store, located at 703 Daily Mountain Eagle - Ed Howell “The bottom line, I think it is Highway 78 E, at the intersec- time for me to retire before I get tion with Airport Road. Adver- Randall “Randy” Byrd, the owner and manager of National so old I won’t feel like going any- Menswear, announced this week he is retiring, with plans to close See STORE, A10 where but to the doctor’s office the store after more than four decades of operation in Jasper. Guaranteed Your Your FavoriteFavorite DD ealership ealership Credit for for 52 52 YYearsears Approval!! A2 — DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Thurs., Nov. 2, 2017 www.mountaineagle.com Today’s weather DEATHS & FUNERALS Forecast for Thursday, November 2, 2017 TENN. Linda Mitchell Kuhn Charles Van Brock Linda Mitchell Kuhn, 71, of Millport, Ala., passed away Oxford Charles Van Brock, 38, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 31, 76/67 Huntsville Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, at her residence. ARK. 77/64 2017, at Walker Baptist Medical Center. Visitation will be held Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, from 9 Funeral arrangements will be announced by Collins- until 10 a.m. at Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Burke Funeral Home. Millport, one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in GA. Ebenezer United Methodist Cemetery. Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 Kuhn was born at home in Brent, Ala. on April 1, 1946. Greenville Birmingham 80/67 77/64 She attended Birmingham Baptist School of Nursing, where she graduated as a registered nurse. She worked Grover Williams at the VA Hospital in Birmingham, as an indus trial nurse at U.S. Steel, did private duty nursing, worked at People’s Grover Williams, 91, of Jasper, passed away Tuesday, Hospital and Walker Regional in labor and delivery, and Oct. 31, 2017, at Ridgeview Health Care. Jackson Montgomery was assistant Director of Nursing at Lamar Convalescent Funeral arrangements will be announced by Collins- 85/66 80/61 Center (now Generations) of Vernon, Ala. She was a de- Burke Funeral Home. voted mother and wife and took several years off of work to raise her children. Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 Brookhaven Hattiesburg 80/66 She was preceded in death by her first husband of 30 82/63 years, Jimmy Hagood; her husband, Robert Kuhn; her mother, Jesse Mitchell; and her father, Clyde Mitchell. Mobile Kuhn was a faithful Christian and was a member of Obituary policy 80/64 LA. FLA. Shiloh Baptist Church in Sulligent. She loved to tell oth- ers about Christ and was always ready to be a witness for The Daily Mountain Eagle publishes obit- Him. uaries for a minimum $40 charge for a stan- She is survived by her four daughters, Melissa (Jimmy) dard obituary. The standard obituary May of Millport, Ala., Sherry (Rex) Treece of Perry, Okla- includes the deceased’s complete name, age, homa, Belinda (Mike) Yarbrough of Carrollton, Ala., and occupation, date, cause and place of death, Rita (Chris) Boane of Paris, Tenn; nine grand children; time and place of services and survivors. Pho- several step children and grandchildren, whom she loved; tographs of the deceased are welcome, but ©2017 AccuWeather, Inc. and a brother, Marshall Mitchell of Austin, Texas. not required. She prayed to see her first grandchild born and was for- If the obituary exceeds standard space, ad- tunate enough to see nine born and two graduate high ditional charges may be incurred. school. Information must be received from the fu- Any memorials should be sent in memory of Linda neral home handling the arrangements and Psychiatrist: Bergdahl Kuhn to the Gideons to further the Word of God.

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