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INSIDE TODAY: Thousands hunker down after Louisiana floods; 6 killed / A3 AUG. 16, 2016 JASPER, ALABAMA — TUESDAY — WWW.MOUNTAINEAGLE.COM 75 CENTS ALABAMA LEGISLATURE INSIDE BRIEFS Election Lawmakers begin special session on state lottery testing set On Thursday at MONTGOMERY (AP) — Ala- Mac McCutcheon, a Republican gator with the Huntsville police bama lawmakers on Monday from Capshaw, as the new speaker department, did not name Hub- 1:30 p.m., the city opened a special session focused on a 68-28 vote. McCutcheon re- bard but promised a break with of Carbon Hill cor- on a state lottery and Medicaid places ousted Speaker Mike Hub- the strong-armed leadership style dially invites its' citi- funding with the election of a new bard who was automatically of the past and said he would zens, candidates, speaker in the House of Represen- removed from office in June after work to regain trust. tatives. being convicted on ethics charges. media and general House members elected Rep. McCutcheon, a retired investi- See LEGISLATURE, A11 public to view the testing of the elec- tronic vote counting BACK TO SCHOOL 2016 Inside today’s Eagle machines and the you will find our special AutoMARK Voter tabloid dedicated to next machine being used Tuesday’s municipal in the Aug. 23 mu- elections in Walker nicipal election. County. Included is The testing will be sample ballots of all held at the Carbon municipalities in Walker Hill Community County and candidates Center at 220 NW seeking office. 2nd Street in Car- bon Hill. For all questions WALKER COUNTY concerning this COMMISSION event, call election official Janice Pend- ley at (205) 924- CH mayor 9961. discusses The City of Dora will test electronic gaming with vote counting ma- chines and Au- commission toMARK voter machines on Thurs- By JENNIFER COHRON day at noon at Dora Daily Mountain Eagle City Hall. Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Daily Mountain Eagle - Nicole Smith The test is open to Chambers told members of A Parrish Elementary School student practices her coloring skills on the first day back to the Walker County Commis- the public. sion on Monday that he was school on Monday. caught off The Town of guard by the Sipsey will test its raid that shut down several electronic vote electronic counting machines gaming busi- Thursday, Aug. 18 Ready to ace the year nesses in his at 8 a.m. at the city last week. Sipsey Community “I was Students in Walker County schools head back to class under the un- Center. derstanding By NICOLE SMITH that there Daily Mountain Eagle was an expert Sheriff Jim coming in, Underwood DEATHS Students in the Walker County and we would Billie Fay Corbin, 74, Schools system returned to class be afforded an opportunity to Carbon Hill on Monday, and enrollment is re- make adjustments on the ma- Jeffrey Scott Kimbrell, 50, ported to be up in many schools. chines if they were illegal,” Jasper Bankhead Middle School Princi- Chambers said. Georgia Mae Francis pal Amber Freeman said their en- The Carbon Hill City Coun- Guthrie Smith, 91, Jasper rollment has spiked by more than cil approved a bingo ordinance Thomas Earl Olive, Jr., 90, in August 2015 that was re- Parrish 30 students. Betty J. Price Leiter, 81, “Things went awesome today. scinded in February in favor of Jasper We have not had any issues. ... an ordinance from 2007. Everyone was ready to go,” Free- While the businesses were Full obituaries / A2 man said. in operation, the city collected Carbon Hill Elementary has $18,900 in revenue from also seen an enrollment increase, them, according to Chambers. WEATHER and the school welcomed its first He said city leaders ex- Pre-K students this year. pected to use the gaming pro- “That’s really exciting for us,” ceeds to help pay for three High Low Principal Tanya Guin said of the new police vehicles that the younger students joining the council agreed to lease in Jan- 91 71 school. “We’ve had a great day.” uary. In the community of Curry, stu- Daily Mountain Eagle - Nicole Smith He added that some of the 5-day forecast / A2 Students at Oakman Elementary/Middle School enjoy lunch with business owners also recently See SCHOOL, A11 offered to donate $50 per ma- their classmates on the first day back to school on Monday. chine each month to support INDEX the city’s fire department, cemetery committee, Little Cashword...............A6 League and parks and recre- Classifieds............A10 ation board. Comics....................A5 After the meeting, Cham- Dear Abby...............A5 bers said he had previously Horoscope..............A5 reached out to Sheriff Jim Un- Opinion...................A4 derwood with concerns about Sports.....................A8 the legal issues surrounding electronic gaming. One section, 12 pages “I said, ‘We don’t have the training or the knowledge on Check these machines to determine out our if they’re legal or not.’ He told Facebook me, ‘Let the machines run page at until I shut them down.’ He Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle said it’s his job to police it and when he got the information and an expert came down, he would police it. I guess that’s what he did. I have no prob- lem with that,” Chambers said. However, he added that he had expected to be able to Daily Mountain Eagle - Jennifer Cohron speak with the expert and Students at Cordova Elementary School await the start of the new school year. See COMMISSION, A11 Readers’eaders’R Choice AwardsdsAwar 201602 16 A2 — DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Tues., Aug. 16, 2016 www.mountaineagle.com TODAY’S WEATHER DEATHS & FUNERALS Billie Fay Corbin Thomas Earl Olive Jr. ;; !! & & Billie Fay Corbin, 74, of Carbon Hill, went to be with Thomas Earl Olive Jr., 90, of Parrish, passed away on #:2 #: #:# #: #: the Lord on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at Walker Rehab of Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at his resi- Carbon Hill. dence. A memorial service will be held on Visitation will be held on Wednes- Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, at 5 p.m. at day, Aug. 17, 2016, from 1 to 2 p.m. at $%&'% $%&'%% ((&') (*&') ('&') Kilgore-Green Funeral Home. Burial Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, with % 9 % 9 8 8 81 81 9 ( 9 ( ! 9 ( 9 ( ! will take place at Oak Hill Cemetery. funeral services following at 2 p.m. !1 !1 9 ( 9 ( ! ! / "9 ( / "9 ( ! ! # ! # ! // ! // ! ! 1 ! 1 ! // # ! ! // # # 1 ! 1 ! !# 1 ## 1 Tyler Keen will officiate. Burial will be held at Walker Memory / "9 ( / "9 ( ! 1 ! 11 ! 1 1 ! 1 ! 1 91 9 ! ! 1 9 1 9 Corbin died peacefully, surrounded Gardens. Jeff Allred and Hal Miller &9 ; &9 ; 9 11 9 9 by her family. She was employed by will officiate. , /!9, /!9 Esquire Beauty Salon for many years. Olive was a United States Navy + ,*,%-+ , *,%- + ,*,%-+ , *,%- + ,*,%.+ , *,%. + ,*,%/+ , *,%/ + ,*,%+ , *,% She had a love for people and her veteran and served from 1944 to + ,+ ,',.. ',.. + ,+ ,',.- ',.- + ,+ ,',.% ',.% + ,+ ,',.) ',.) + ,+ ,',-$ ',-$ clients enjoyed her vivacious person- 1946. ality. He was preceded in death by his father, Thomas E. Corbin was preceded in death by her sons, Terrell Olive Sr.; mother, Addie Louise Sides; and son, Robert Martin and Rusty Martin; parents, Lucian Corbin and N. “Bobby” Olive. > ( ) Nan Corbin; and brother, John “Red” Corbin. He is survived by his wife, Verna Louise Olive; chil- : She is survived by her children, Teresa Brown (Mal- dren, Ray Olive (Barbara), Tom Olive (Darla), Danny colm) and Tonya Martin; grandchildren, Ashleigh Grove Olive (Carol), Denny Olive (Gail), Steve Olive (Rhonda) (Jesse), Joshua Green (Jennifer), Amanda Martin and and Deb Olive; 16 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchil- > Chase Martin; seven great-grandchildren; and sister, dren; and seven great-great-granchildren. ! : Mildred Corbin Barton. You may register online at www.kilgoregreenfuneral- In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be home.com. made to your favorite charity or Alzheimer’s Foundation 322 Eight Ave. 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-9503 ? You may register online at www.kilgoregreenfuneral- : home.com. Betty J. Price Leiter Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-9503 Betty J. Price Leiter, 81, of Jasper, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at her resi- > " dence. ##: Jeffrey Scott Kimbrell A graveside service will be held today, August 16, Jeffrey Scott Kimbrell, 50, of Jasper, passed away on 2016, at 1 p.m. at Carbon Hill Memorial Gardens. Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at his residence. Brother Tony German will be officiating the service. Graveside services will be held today, Aug. 16, 2016, Leiter was preceded in death by her parents, Lorene %% , ,, at 11 a.m. at Liberty Church of Christ. Mike Lollar will and Andrew Price; brother, James Price; and sister, ## officiate. Marie Oden. " #" ### % % % % Kimbrell was preceded in death by his grandparents, She is survived by her children, Glenda Cook and her ! -!) -!) Wash Hembree, Maude Hembree, John Henry Kimbrell husband, Alan, Steve Cook and his wife, Loretta, Jill ! ! ./ +./ + and Corda Kimbrell. Cox and her husband, Steve; granchildren, Jarrad Cox, " " .0+.#0+ ### He is survived by his mother, Mittie Kimbrell of Brandon Davis and his wife, Brooke, Jessica Bryant and ## , #, ,, $$% % ## %#% ### Jasper; father, Marion Ray Kimbrell of Jasper; sister, her husband, Rick, Tenille Prichett and her husband, $$ ! ! ## % "% " Janice Ergle of Jasper;