B4 / NEWS B7 / NEWS Report: Hate crime Infrastructure deal: laws lack uniformity Senate ready to move across the U.S. ahead on $1 trillion bill Daily Mountain Eagle “The newspaper that cares about Walker County” MOUNTAINEAGLE.COM THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2021 75 CENTS JASPER INDUSTRIAL INSIDE DEVELOPMENT BOARD Walker Baptist Medical Center, some nursing homes update visitor policies Hiring By NICOLE SMITH prevent the spread. allowed for patients that have Daily Mountain Eagle Walker Baptist officials tested positive for COVID-19 announced on Tuesday that or those suspected of having With COVID-19 cases each patient will now be the disease. increasing across the state allowed one visitor at any Expectant mothers in labor ‘a home given time. Two visitors were and delivery will be allowed of Alabama and in Walker County, area senior care allowed at a time prior to the to have their significant other facilities and Walker Baptist updated policy. and an additional support Medical Center have updated In what has become stan- run’ for visitation policies to further dard policy, no visitors will be See VISITORS, A8 Inside today’s Jasper JASPER CITY SCHOOLS Eagle you will find our ‘Homefolks: Industry’ special section that JIDB hires new includes stories on executive director businesses in Walker County, including Jas- By JAMES PHILLIPS per Lumber Company, Daily Mountain Eagle Central States Manu- facturing and Heiche The Jasper Industrial Development U.S. Surface Technolo- Board recently hired a new executive gies, LLC. director of economic development. Michael A. Ferdinand of Palacios, We hope it provides Texas, started in you a little insight into the Jasper position industry in our area. on July 12. Ferdinand comes to Jasper with more CORDOVA than 28 years of CITY COUNCIL experience in project management, busi- ness consultations, City closer executive leader- Daily Mountain Eagle file - Ron Harris ship, and a host of to getting executive economic Michael The Jasper City Board of Education will continue to track COVID data during the septic screen development experi- Ferdinand upcoming school year, but may not rely as heavily on Alabama Department of Public ence. Health alerts. operational “I’m excited to be in Jasper,” Ferdi- nand said in a recent interview with By JENNIFER COHRON the Daily Mountain Eagle. “Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle has been very welcoming to me in the School board discusses little time I have been here. I like the CORDOVA — The community aspect of the city. Great septic receiving screen things have happened and continue to COVID safety monitoring purchased by the city happen in Jasper.” earlier this year is now Ferdinand has previously served as New CDC guidelines set off rush in place, though it is not executive director of economic devel- to reimpose mask mandates / A3 yet online, Mayor Jeremy opment in Bay City, Texas; Natchez, “In talking with other superin- Pate said at Tuesday’s Mississippi and Natchitoches Commu- council meeting. nity Alliance Foundation in Louisi- By NICOLE SMITH tendents through- Daily Mountain Eagle “Right now it (the ana. out the state, most screen) is sitting on the “I enjoy small towns,” Ferdinand The Jasper City Board of Education is systems are moving concrete pad bolted down. said. “Most of my work has been in planning to continue closely monitoring the We’ve got some other away from the Ala- things we’ve got to do this See JIDB, A8 school system’s COVID-19 data but may veer away from using Alabama Department of bama Department of week before we hook it up. Public Health alert levels Public Health zones. We’re looking at getting a to determine safety. privacy fence built before CARBON HILL Jasper City Schools There are some we finish hooking it up,” CITY COUNCIL Superintendent Dr. problems inherent in those pro- Pate said. Ann Jackson explained cedures.” The screen has been Council to try the decision at Monday installed on Reservoir evening’s regular school - Dr. Ann Jackson, superintendent Street on property recent- again to appoint board meeting. ly acquired by the city. “In talking with other of Jasper City Schools The property, which en- District 6 superintendents throughout the state, most compasses over two acres, systems are moving away from the Alabama adjoins Reservoir Park council member Department of Public Health zones,” Jackson red last year, that was not reflective of what and has the remains of a said. “There are some problems inherent in we were seeing in our schools,” she said. house that burned several those procedures.” Jackson also noted there was always a years ago. By ED HOWELL Since the pandemic began, Alabama school lag in data reporting, sometimes for a week Council leaders agreed Daily Mountain Eagle systems have been using ADPH guidance or two, which made tracking COVID-19 in to purchase the property on school safety, along with alert levels to schools difficult. in May in order to clean CARBON HILL — The Carbon Hill determine if schools and areas in the general Jasper City Schools Lead Nurse Penne it up, to gain access to City Council will try again to appoint public are safe. Risk indicator colors of green, Mott weighed in during the meeting by the backside of the park someone to the District 6 council seat, yellow, orange and red are used to indicate saying that all data was monitored closely and to use a portion of it as no one qualified for a special Aug. COVID-19 severity. last year, and it can be observed to an even to house the new system, 10 election for that seat. According to Jackson, sometimes what was greater extent without sticking to alert level which will allow the city Mayor April Kennedy Herron con- being reported by the state in terms of a “risk reporting. to accept septic waste and firmed Tuesday night no one qualified indicator” was not always accurate for Jasper “I feel like we can really hone in on our integrate it into the city’s by the 4 p.m. deadline that day. The City Schools. See SCHOOLS, A8 See CORDOVA, A8 See CARBON HILL, A8 “We know that while our county was in the DEATHS WEATHER INDEX SOCIAL Dale Lamar Garrison, 81, Beaufort, S.C. Classifieds .................... B5 LEFT Wilma Fay Haynes Best, 97, Jasper Comics .......................... B8 ON Alice Janett Robertson, 87, Jasper Dear Abby ..................... B8 Hazel Catheryn Warren, 85, Glencoe Faith .............................. RED Bryce Watson ‘BW’ Sides Jr., 75, Oakman Use your A5 Jimmie Ray Davis, 73, Savannah, Ga. phone to Sports ............................ B1 Find us on your Kimberly Abbott, 61, Jasper High Low quickly sign Viewpoints .................... A4 favorite podcast up for our streaming 99 74 weekly e-mail platforms. OBITUARIES / A2 newsletter Two sections, 118 pages A2 | Daily Mountain Eagle | THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2021 Today’s weather Forecast for Thursday, July 29, 2021 Obituaries TENN. Oxford 97/75 Huntsville ARK. 97/75 Dale Lamar Garrison Hazel Catheryn Warren Dale Lamar Garrison, 81, of Beaufort, South Caroli- April 12, 1936-July 24, 2021 na, entered into eternal rest Monday, July 26, 2021. Hazel Catheryn Warren, 85, of Glencoe, passed GA. Visitation at Anderson Funeral away Saturday, July 24, 2021, at her residence. Greenville Birmingham Home in Beaufort was held Wednes- The family will receive friends Sunday, August 1, 98/75 100/77 day, July 28, 2021, from 6 until 8 2021, at 2 p.m. at Collins-Burke Funeral Home. p.m. He will be transported to his Funeral services will follow at 3 p.m. in the Col- hometown of Cullman, where visita- lins-Burke Chapel. Burial will be at Walker Memory Jackson Montgomery tion and services will take place at Gardens. Levi Sides will officiate. 98/77 97/75 Cullman Funeral Home Saturday, Mrs. Warren was preceded in death by her husband, July 31, 2021. Visitation will be Horace Warren; daughter, Sandra Warren; brothers, Brookhaven Hattiesburg from 1 until 3 p.m., with services at Bill Daniel, Bob Daniel and John Daniel; and sister, 94/77 95/76 3 p.m. and burial at Sandlin Ceme- Jeanett Smith, Eugenia (Babe) Barker and Pearl Mobile tery in Bremen. Glass. LA. 92/76 FLA. Dale was born November 5, 1939, in Phelan to Wil- She is survived by her son, Steven Warren (Lean- liam Roosevelt and Lelya Estelle Garrison. na); sister, Helen Daniel Reinhardt; grandchildren, His early childhood was spent in Bug Tussle where Daniel (Lexie) Warren and Claire (Austin Powell) he was the youngest of three sons. Dale worked in his Warren; and beloved pet, Gracie. father’s sawmill and Garrison Lumber Company as The family would like to extend a special thank a young boy and would later take over and operate you to friend and caregiver Donna Carroll, Glencoe ©2021 AccuWeather, Inc. Garrison Lumber Company until his retirement in Church of Christ and lifelong friends of Blackwater 1996. Dale and Barbara were married on June 4, 1961 Macedonia Church of Christ. in Birmingham and had 2 children, Dana and Doug. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made They would later move back to Bug Tussle to take over to Childhaven Children’s Home and St. Jude Chil- the family hardware store in 1969.Dale enjoyed many dren’s Hospital. trips with Barbara and the kids as they traveled to hardware shows and made many lifetime friends from Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 DME Staff (205) 221-2840 all over the country. He was a beloved church member at Sandlin Chapel UMC and Carteret Street UMC, Editor & Publisher - James Phillips Costa Rica mission trip volunteer, local community Bryce Watson ‘BW’ Sides [email protected] business owner, volunteer firefighter, loving husband, February 24, 1946-July 25, 2021 father, grandfather and legendary Rook player.