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INSIDE TODAY: Trump dogged by insecurity over popular vote, media coverage / A5 JAN. 25, 2017 JASPER, ALABAMA — WEDNESDAY — WWW.MOUNTAINEAGLE.COM 75 CENTS BRIEFS NWS: At least 9 twisters hit Alabama over weekend Strong January storms stir Choctaw County on Saturday with winds up county; Lee County had damage from three destruction from coast-to-coast / A3 to 120 mph. That storm injured four people twisters over two days. and destroyed four homes in western Ala- Teams are still out looking at damage, so the BIRMINGHAM (AP) — The National bama. totals could change. Weather Service says at least nine tornadoes The weather service says other tornadoes The storms were part of a system that struck Alabama over the weekend. touched down in Marengo, Barbour, Pike, Lee, spawned dozens of twisters across the region, The agency says the strongest twister con- Bullock and Tuscaloosa counties. Some of the killing 20 people in Georgia, Florida and Mis- firmed so far in Alabama was an EF-2 that hit storms caused damage in more than one sissippi. JASPER CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION JASPER POLICE DEPARTMENT BOE, Jackson served with lawsuit over name change Miss Walker County, Teen By NICOLE SMITH as the plaintiff in the lawsuit, sub- School on June 20, 2016. Daily Mountain Eagle mitted on Dec. 16, 2016, by We- Save Walker High School, named pageants set tumpka attorney Connie J. Morrow as an Alabama Limited Liability for Saturday The Jasper City Board of Educa- of C.J. Morrow Carraway Baker Corporation, said in the six-page tion and Superintendent Dr. Ann Law, LLC. document that the board acted in The 2017 Miss Jackson have been served with a The plaintiff has asked if the an “unlawful” manner “without Walker County and lawsuit concerning the name Jasper City Board of Education had legal merit.” change of Walker High School. the authority to change the name of Miss Walker Save Walker High School is listed Walker High School to Jasper High See LAWSUIT, A4 County’s Outstand- ing Teen pageants will be held Satur- day at Rowland Au- Photo courtesy of JPD ditorium on the Janell Farley Massey is Jasper campus of shown in a photo pro- Bevill State Commu- vided by Jasper police. nity College. The Jasper woman has Six young women not been seen since will compete for this Sept. 2, 2016. year’s crown in each pageant. The 2017 Miss Search Walker County’s Outstanding Teen underway pageant will be held at 3 p.m. for missing The 2017 Miss Walker County Pag- woman eant will be held at By RON HARRIS 7 p.m. Daily Mountain Eagle Both pageants are Jasper police are seek- sponsored by the ing help in finding a Pilot Club of Jasper. Jasper woman who’s been missing for more than four Daily Mountain Eagle - Ron Harris months. Traffic problems along Viking Drive have surfaced since the new Jasper High School opened earlier Janell Farley Massey, DEATHS 40, was reported missing this month. Now, work is underway to resurface Viking Drive, which as caused further problems. by a friend on Dec. 28, Stacy Stewart Tibbals, 44, more than three months Alabaster after she was last seen. Dessie Ford Woods, 93, Massey was last seen on Oakman Traffic concerns at new high Sept. 2 near the Chevron Mrs. Charlie Pearl Mead- gas station at the intersec- ows, 71, Sipsey Bobby Burke Bryant, 89, tion of Alabama Highway Boiling Springs, S.C. school addressed at BOE meeting 5 and 195. Doris Ennis Payne, 58, She is described as a Dora white female who’s 5-foot- Bonnie Lee Hall, 81, By NICOLE SMITH barely be one lane, so we’re looking at an alternate 4 and weighs 115 pounds. Townley Daily Mountain Eagle [route],” Kirkpatrick said. She has red hair and hazel Bobbie Aaron Phillips, 81, Road work on Viking Drive, which leads to the new eyes. Cordova Board members heard an update on traffic concerns high school, has recently started to create a three-lane “We have followed sev- Tony L. Norris, 69, at the new Jasper High School at a Jasper City road surface, with a center turn lane. The road work eral leads and at this time Carbon Hill Schools Board of Education meeting Monday night. stretches from Delaware Avenue to 20th Avenue in none have led us to her,” Jay Kirkpatrick, the senior project manager at Hoar Jasper, and is said to be a $3 million project. Jasper police said in a Full obituaries / A2 Program Management, said they are exploring alter- Kirkpatrick said they had hoped the Alabama De- nate routes that could be created behind the school to partment of Transportation would have completed the See MISSING, A4 ease traffic congestion. road resurfacing and widening project prior to stu- WEATHER “There is one easement that goes out to Old Birm- ingham Highway, but it’s not very wide. ... It could See TRAFFIC, A4 INSIDE High Low 67 40 Jasper City Schools board members honored INDEX By NICOLE SMITH Business.................B1 Daily Mountain Eagle Classifieds..............B6 Comics....................B4 Members of the Jasper Dear Abby...............B4 City Board of Education Horoscope..............B4 were recognized Monday Toll from Italy Opinion...................A6 night for their service to Sports.....................A7 the community and chil- avalanche dren attending school in Two sections, 16 pages the district. climbs to 17 as Principals of city schools hopes diminish came bearing gifts for Check FARINDOLA, Italy out our Jasper City Schools board Facebook members and shared their (AP) — Hopes faded page at gratitude for their leader- Tuesday that any ship at Monday night’s more survivors of the Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle board meeting. T.R. Simmons Elemen- devastating ava- tary School Principal lanche that buried an Jonathan Allen said even Italian resort hotel in the face of criticism dur- would be found after ing the past few months, he continues to admire the Daily Mountain Eagle - Nicole Smith the death toll more board members’ dedica- than doubled to 17, tion to serving the commu- Jasper City Schools Board of Education members, from left, W alker Wil- with 12 people still son, Teresa Sherer, Willie Moore, Mary Beth Barber and Scott Thornley See BOARD, A4 unaccounted for. / A4 were honored Monday night for their service to the community. Universal Universal HeatingHeating && CoolingCooling We charge by the job....not by the hour! AL AL Cert#00025Cert#00025 3 3 rd rd Avenue,Avenue, JasperJasper (behind (behind JasperJasper PostPost Office)Office) Ref#52683 Ref#52683 Fax Fax 205-221-4051205-221-4051 •• (205) (205) 221-4003221-4003 A2 — DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Wed. Jan. 25, 2017 www.mountaineagle.com Today’s weather DEATHS & FUNERALS Forecast for Wednesday, January 25, 2017 TENN. Stacy Stewart Tibbals Bonnie Lee Hall Stacy Stewart Tibbals, 44, of Alabaster, formerly of Bonnie Lee Hall, 81, of Townley, passed away Monday, Oxford 63/33 Huntsville Jasper, passed away Thursday, Jan. Jan. 23, 2017, at Walker Baptist Medical Center. ARK. 64/40 19, 2017, at her home in Alabaster. The family will receive friends Thursday, Jan. 26, A memorial service will be held 2017, at noon at Beech Grove Baptist Church. Funeral Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at 11 a.m. at services will follow at 1 p.m, with burial at Walker Mem- GA. Pelham Church of God at 2100 ory Gardens. John Cooner will officiate. County Road 52 in Pelham. Hall was preceded in death by her husband, Alford Greenville Birmingham 68/35 69/42 Tibbals is survived by her husband, Hall; brother-in-law, Earl Forrester; brother, Oliver Kelly Tibbals; two sons, Christopher Files; and sister-in-law, Sara Files; brothers-in-law, and Casey Tibbals; father, Eugene James Hall and Grady Hall; and sister-in-law, Beatrice Stewart; and mother-in-law, Joann Hall. Tibbals. She is survived by her daughter, Rhonda Elder; sis- Jackson Montgomery She was preceded in death by her ters, Oma Miller (James) and Betty Forrester; brother, 75/41 78/49 mother, Hazel Hope Wakefield; and her father-in-law, Ellis Files; sister-in-law, Sherry Files; sister-in-law, Charles Tibbals. Louise Hinds; brother-in-law, Wayne Hall (Betty Sue); grandchildren, Janine Wright (Wayne), Kevin Farley Brookhaven Hattiesburg 74/39 Charter Funeral Home, Calera; 205-621-0800 and Korde Elder; three great-grandchildren; and sev- 77/45 eral nieces and nephews. Mobile Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 80/48 Dessie Ford Woods LA. FLA. Dessie Ford Woods, 93, of Oakman, passed away Sat- urday, Jan. 21, 2017, at Golden Living Center in Win- field. Bobbie Aaron Phillips Visitation will be held today, Jan. 25, 2017, from 11 Bobbie Aaron Phillips, 81, of Cordova, passed away a.m. until noon at Collins-Burke Funeral Home Parlor, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at her residence. with funeral services following at noon in the funeral The family will receive friends beginning at 12:30 home chapel. Burial will follow at Day Cemetery in p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, at New Horizon Memorial ©2017 AccuWeather, Inc. Oakman. Kenneth Wiggins will officiate. Funeral Home. Her Celebration of Life service will be Woods was preceded in death by her father, James held Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, at 2 p.m. in the New Horizon Monroe Ford; mother, Tresser Davis Ford; husband, Carl Memorial Chapel. Charles J. Mitchell will officiate. Bur- Woods; daughter, Jeanette Avery; grandchildren, Kim- ial will follow at Dilworth Church of God Cemetery. berly Woods and Pruitt Angie Woods; and son-in-law, Phillips was preceded in death by her parents, Arnold Carless Sellers. and Erie Aaron; sons, Billy, and Donald Mitchell; and She is survived by her sons, Larry Woods (Mary) and daughter, Connie Mitchell.