I’m happy to announce that Northwest Medical Center in Winfield has been sold to new owners, avoiding a possible closure. My staff and I worked with the Trump Administration and the USDA to find a solution to keep the hospital open. We hope to soon have good news about the Russellville Hospital as well. Since Obamacare was passed in 2010, 83 rural hospitals have closed. I am doing everything I can to keep this from happening in the 4th Congressional District.

On Saturday, May 12, 2018, at 7 pm The Winston County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #51 hosted its second annual Fallen Officer’s Memorial on the front steps of the Court House. This was to kick off National Police Officers Week.

Master of ceremonies was the Honorable Judge Bobby Aderholt; also speaking was newly appointed District Judge Daryl Burt and State representative Tim Wadsworth along FOP President Brad Curtis and Sheriff Tommy Moore. Police Officers from every department in Winston County were in attendance. Reading the names of the fallen officers were representatives from their department’s giving his length of service and the date that he was killed in the line of duty.

Also, the Alabama State Game and Fish Department’s Honor Guard did a 21 gun salute and a bugler from Alabama State Trooper’s Office played Taps.

The FOP Lodge #51would like to thank everyone for coming out on a beautiful Saturday evening to help celebrate National Police Officers week and remember our fallen Officers who had given the ultimate sacrifice for the citizen of this County.

We would also like to thank the Haleyville Fire Department and Terry Pruitt for their ladder truck and crane that held the large American Flag over the crowd. We would also like to thank the Double Springs Fire and Police Departments for their help with traffic and the closing of Blake drive for the ceremony.
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Michael J Glasheen

Double Springs, Al.

The Haleyville Fire Department responded quickly early Saturday morning, May 12, to a lumber fire inside a kiln at Great Southern Enterprises, located just off Highway 195, approximately 1/2 mile east of Lakeland Hospital. The kiln is a large metal building filled with lumber which utilizes an external gas furnace to heat the inside of the building to 220 degrees. Fans in the ceiling circulate the hot air. Basically, it’s a giant convection oven which over a period of days, removes moisture from the wood and opens the “pores” of the wood, a process to prepare the wood for later cutting and treatment with chemicals under pressure in order to preserve the wood. The lumber inside the building was removed with forklifts and sprayed down by firemen in order to get to the fire at the back side of the building and behind a huge stack of lumber. The Pebble Fire Department assisted HFD with a tanker.  The cause of the fire nor the exact extent of damages are known at this time. See more photos below. Continue reading

HHS Seniors left early Saturday morning for Washington and New York. A little problem in TN when bus 2 got stuck coming out of a gas station. Saved by a Toyota Tundra.

HHS Girls Softball team was defeated by White Plains 13-3 in 5 innings Saturday morning and Cherokee County 5-3 Friday night in Tuscaloosa thus ending their season. The girls beat Leeds earlier Friday 12-11 in 9 innings. Haleyville won the Area Championship to advance to the regional playoff. Congratulations to the girls for a great season!

The Haleyville Fire Department responded quickly to a fire late Wednesday night, May 9, at 3334 14th Avenue just outside the Haleyville City Limits. There was a report of an explosion before the fire which completely destroyed the house. The occupant, Wayne Gilbert was treated at the scene by medics. The extent of his injuries and the cause of the fire are unknown.

Master of Ceremony is Honorable Judge Bobby R. Aderholt. Guest Speakers are Honorable Judge Daryl Burt and State Representative Tim Wadsworth. This is a very special time of remembering and honoring those that have given their lives in the line of duty.

HHS will play Leeds at 3 p.m. in Tuscaloosa on Friday. Play by play live on Paradise 92.7

A full-house of HHS band members (including 8th grade), their parents, school officials, and the sponsors, the HHS Band Boosters, recently enjoyed a delicious dinner and heard two great speakers. First, was the voice of HHS football on Paradise 92.7, Butch Foster. His short personal musical history, which included multi-colleges and the Navy. His message was being a musician is great in that it can open doors and it is one skill which lasts a lifetime.  Butch is a salesman with Carl Cannon Chevrolet in Jasper and is the choir/music director at Corinth Heights Baptist.

Dr. Lloyd E. Jones, Judd Williams, HMS Band Director, Reggie Tolbert, HHS Band Director

Dr. Lloyd E. Jones, Director of Bands, University of North Alabama, also gave a short but very effective narrative of how he got to where he is. He was once the student of Wayne Johnson, formerly of Haleyville. Again, not missing an opportunity to motivate and pass along a little wisdom to the young band members.  What they are learning now, he stated would stay with them forever and they would see the real benefits of knowing and playing a musical instrument later in life.

HHS Senior Band Members

The Winston County Arts Council sponsored Drama Club is presenting performances of Cyrano de Burger Shack at Looney’s Tavern. The play, which features students from four county schools, is a Pop musical and a modern re-telling of a French literary classic that is just as timely today here in North Alabama.

Cyrano de Burger Shack features 18 great radio hits from the 80s, 90s and today, such as We Got the Beat, Crazy for You, Lost in Your Eyes and Call Me Maybe. All of these favorites and more are re-imagined into high energy character and story songs that are emotional as well as humorous.

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