INSIDE TODAY: Freezing rain causes accidents, closures in southern Plains / A3 JAN. 14, 2017 JASPER, ALABAMA — SATURDAY — WWW.MOUNTAINEAGLE.COM 75 CENTS INSIDE OAKMAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT Arrest made in break-in at fire station Obamacare By NICOLE SMITH just after midnight at 1:30 a.m. Thurs- ‘will soon Daily Mountain Eagle day. Oakman Police Chief McKinsley Marbury said he was called to Gard- OAKMAN — A man has been ner’s residence shortly after on a domes- be history’ charged with burglarizing the Oakman tic violence call. While in the home, he Volunteer Fire Department early saw some of the items that had been Thursday morning. stolen from the fire department. In early GOP win on Richard Scott Gardner, 35, of 143 “A drink machine was broken into. A Gum Street in Oakman, is being held on lot of change was stolen from it,” Mar- health care repeal, a cash bond of $100,000 at the Walker bury said. “A computer was taken. ... Congress OKs budget County Sheriff’s Department jail on They kept a lot of information on that.” Richard charges of third degree-burglary, first- A preliminary list of other stolen Tide trio degree theft of property and domestic items includes a camera, flashlight and Top Trump aide in frequent contact Scott violence charges. with Russia’s ambassador / A8 headed to NFL Gardner The fire department was burglarized See ARREST, A4 WASHINGTON (AP) — Ascendant TUSCALOOSA — Republicans drove a budget through Alabama’s top Congress on Friday that gives them blocker, cornerback YOROZU PLANT NEARING COMPLETION an early but critical victory in their and receiver are crusade to scrap President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. skipping their final The vote trains the spotlight on seasons to enter whether they and the NFL draft. / B1 Donald Trump can deliver on repeated pledges to not just erase that statute BRIEFS but replace it. Demonstrating Young mother the GOP’s willing- ness to plunge into killed after a defining but risky train hits SUV battle, the House used a near party- TUSCALOOSA line 227-198 roll President- (AP) — A young call to approve a elect Donald mother has died measure that pre- Trump vents Senate De- after her car was hit mocrats from derailing a future bill, by a train in thus far unwritten, annulling and re- Tuscaloosa County. shaping Obama’s landmark 2010 law. Tuscaloosa Fire The budget, which won Senate ap- proval early Thursday, does not need Marshal Gene Hol- the president’s signature. comb tells news “The ‘Unaffordable’ Care Act will outlets that 21-year- Photos Special to the Eagle soon be history!” Trump tweeted Fri- old Savanna Lee day in a dig at the statute’s name, the Smith, of Yorozu is nearing com- See OBAMACARE, A4 Moundville, was pletion of its 285,000 pronounced dead at square foot automotive the scene after the stamping facility located CARBON HILL train collided with in Jasper. The project CITY COUNCIL her SUV on Thurs- officially broke ground day morning. one year ago today. Yorozu Automotive Ala- Work on turn bama (YAA) currently DEATHS has 30 employees and lane near school Jo Katherine Ingle, 87, is expected to begin hir- hits another snag Nauvoo ing for production posi- Donald Foster “Donny” Shugart, 59, Jasper tions in March. By LEA RIZZO Suzanne Robertson Day, Company and hiring in- Daily Mountain Eagle 49, Jasper formation may be found Dondell Gosha, 63, Jasper At Thursday night’s city council Juanita Townley, 87, Jasper at the Yorozu Automo- meeting, Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Lois Katrina Sanders, 85, tive Alabama Facebook Chambers announced that work was Jasper “at a stand-still” on the turning lane John Thomas Raines, 81 page, and anyone inter- Michael “Pulpwooder” ested in potential em- in front of Carbon Hill High School. Terry, 51, Oakman ployment opportunities “They’re wanting now to move the Myra Jo Yancey, 65, Sayre turning lane back over onto the right with Yorozu may submit side,” Chambers said. “They had it all Full obituaries / A2 a resume to yaare- ready and if our water department [email protected]. At would have gotten up there and moved that line in the first six left, YAA President months [when they were asked to WEATHER Toshiyuki Yago and YAA move it], it would be paved and we’d Senior Vice President be using the turning lane now.” High Low Reuben Byrom toast in But he added, “Our water depart- 73 52 front of a large stamping See CARBON HILL, A4 press recently installed at the Jasper facility. At INDEX full production, the plant DORA CITY COUNCIL will employ 300 people. Classifieds..............B4 Comics....................B3 Council approves Dear Abby...............B3 Horoscope..............B3 buying computer Religion...................A5 Sports.....................B1 for fire department Today in History......A2 By LEA RIZZO Two sections, 14 pages Daily Mountain Eagle Check DORA — The Dora City Council out our kept its first council meeting of 2017 Facebook brief, with council members moving page at quickly through the agenda. Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle The largest issue the council took action on was a request from the fire department for a new computer. Daily Mountain Eagle file - Ron Harris “The fire department doesn’t have a Gov. Robert Bentley, center, is joined by U.S. Sen. computer,” Mayor Randy Stephens Jeff Sessions and state and local officials for a spe- said. “[Fire Chief] David Box has been cial toast ceremony during a ribbon cutting for the using his own personal laptop for the fire department. They need a com- new Yorozu stamping facility in Jasper. The plant, puter up there for their reports and when at full production, will mean 300 jobs for the local economy. See DORA, A4 A2 — DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Sat., Jan. 14, 2017 www.mountaineagle.com Today’s weather DEATHS & FUNERALS Forecast for Saturday, January 14, 2017 TENN. Jo Katherine Ingle Juanita Townley Dec. 26, 1929 - Jan. 11, 2017 Juanita Townley, 87, of Jasper, originally of Sheffield, Oxford Jo Katherine Ingle, 87, of Nauvoo, passed away passed away Jan. 4, 2017, at Princeton Baptist Medical 67/54 Huntsville ARK. 71/55 Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, at Ridgeview Health Serv- Center. A member of Sixth Avenue ices. Church of Christ, graveside services The family will receive friends today, Jan. 14, 2017, at will be held today, Jan. 14, 2017, at GA. 10 a.m. at Collins-Burke Funeral Home. Funeral serv- 1:30 p.m. at Mackey Boshell Cemetery ices will follow at 11 a.m. in the Collins-Burke Chapel, in Townley. Levi Sides will officiate. Greenville Birmingham 74/51 with burial at Saragossa Cemetery. Dwayne Butler will Townely was preceded in death by 69/53 officiate. her devoted husband, Ernest, in 2012; Ingle was preceded in death by her parents, Will and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Glad- Lurie Redmill; daughter, Caroline; three sisters; and ney; her beloved brother, Bobby John four brothers. Gladney, and nephew, Jeffrey Barton She is survived by her daughter, Edwina Rowland Gladney. Jackson Montgomery (Jim); sons, Allen Ingle; David Ingle (Jackie) and Harold Left to cherish her memory, her wit 75/52 76/50 Ingle (Sheila); brothers, Lacy Redmill (Mable) and Burl and her handmade creations of sweaters, ornaments, Redmill (Sarah); nine grandchildren and 11 great- beadworks and special muffins, and sharing her love of grandchildren. classical music she played on piano are her family, many Brookhaven Hattiesburg 75/56 76/53 In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial friends and loved ones. donations be made to the charity of your choice. Survivors are her daughter and son-in-law, Wilma “Tootsie” Nichols and George H. Nichols of Abilene, Texas; Mobile 76/53 Collins-Burke Funeral Home; Jasper; 205-384-5571 her son, Ernest Robin Townley; sister, Joanne G. Sanford LA. FLA. of Foley, Ala.; two grandsons; three great-grandchildren; and several devoted nephews and nieces. The family Donald Foster wishes to thank her caring neighbors, Joe and Carla Hall, her long-time nurse, Janet Kirkland, and her caregivers ‘Donny’ Shugart and friends, Neil Evans, Judy Clark, Lynn Lawson and April 21, 1957 - Jan. 12, 2017 others, especially the Sisterhood of her church. Donald Foster “Donny” Shugart, 59, of Jasper, passed In lieu of flowers or food, memorials, if desired, may be away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, at Walker Baptist Medical sent to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Dishes Fund at ©2017 AccuWeather, Inc. Center. Sixth Avenue Church of Christ, 1501 6th Avenue South, The family will receive friends today, Jan. 14, 2017, at Jasper, AL 35501, or to the donor’s favorite charity. noon at Collins-Burke Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. in the Collins-Burke Chapel, with burial at Walker Memory Gardens. Chris Burns will offi- Lois Katrina Sanders Federal prosecutors ciate. March 23, 1931 - Jan. 12, 2017 Shugart was preceded in death by his mother, Clara Lois Katrina Sanders, 85, of Jasper, passed away Bernice Winnett Shugart. Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, at Brookwood Medical Center. won’t charge deputy He is survived by his wife, Hazel Ann Patton Shugart; The family will receive friends Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, father, Abie Foster Shugart Jr. (Maxine); daughter, Keslie at 1 p.m. at Collins-Burke Funeral Home. Funeral serv- Kayden Shugart (Nick Tamm); sister, Keslie Shugart ices will follow at 3 p.m. in the Collins-Burke Chapel, with who tossed student Woods (Timothy); and grandchildren, Zackary Hugh Bal- burial at Edgil Grove Cemetery. Hancel Cox will officiate. lenger and Winifrid Tamm. Sanders was preceded in death by her father, William COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors won’t D.