2012-11-22 E-Edition

Who’s to chair WashCo Commission?

New unit system law confusing on chairmanship


In many ways Nov. 14 was a “new” day for Washington County as three newly elected commissioners were sworn in. Plus it was the first day under the new unit system as enacted by the Alabama Legislature through House Bill 630. Sometimes new things have “kinks” that must be worked out and the unit system in Washington County is no […]

Gillmore student said forced to eat ice cream out of trash can




Lonnie Dixon, the father of a second grade student at Gillmore Elementary School in Jackson, and Kristie Taylor, the student’s aunt, spoke Nov. 15 to the Clarke County Board of Education concerning an alleged incident where a student was ordered by a teacher to retrieve ice cream out of the garbage and eat it. The incident occurred Nov. 6. The […]

ClarkeCo PJ Davis wins recount



Eight hours spent recounting 13,925 votes Monday reaffirmed Clarke County Probate Judge Valerie Bradford Davis’ win in the Nov. 6 General Election although the totals did change slightly. Davis, the Republican appointed incumbent, polled 6,839 votes, or 50.14 percent, to Democrat Paul Bradford’s 6,798, or 49.84 percent. Davis picked up 12 votes and Bradford gained five over the Nov. 6 […]

Jackson’s Lustron houses two of 11 left in Alabama

Unusual post-World War II enameled steel houses on Alabama Historical Commission’s endangered list


Preservationists rally to save log cabins and other architecture from the 1800s and early 1900s. Sometimes unusual structures of the later years of the 20th century go unnoticed and unappreciated. Jackson is home to two of the 11 Lustron houses built in Alabama in 1949 and 1950. Nationwide, only 2,500 of these homes were built and 1,200 to 1,500 survive […]

Addresses school board



Lonnie Dixon, the father of a student at Gillmore Elementary School, and Kristie Taylor, the student’s aunt, spoke Nov. 15 to the Clarke County Board of Education concerning an alleged incident where a student was ordered by a teacher to retrieve ice cream out of the garbage and eat it.

Standoff with barricaded man Sunday



Sunday afternoon a mother and son got into a domestic dispute that resulted in the son putting a rifle to the head of his elderly mother before barricading himself in the family’s mobile home. The incident occurred on Dakota Road off of Evergreen Road south of Walker Springs. The mother left home and called the law. She had armed herself […]

Shonda Michelle Hodge



Shonda Michelle Hodge, born October 8, 1970 in Mobile left this earth to walk with Jesus in Heaven in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, at her father’s home in Jackson, surrounded by her loving family. She is the daughter of Robert David Hodge of Jackson and Madge Busby Byard of Duson, La., and the granddaughter of […]

Winifred Cleiland Morton



Funeral services for Winifred Cleiland Morton, a resident of Montgomery and former resident of Jackson, were conducted Nov. 18, 2012 in the chapel of Lathan Funeral Home. Interment was at the Pine Crest Cemetery with Dr. Russell Dean, son-in-law of Mrs. Morton, as the officiating minister. A devoted mother and homemaker, Mrs. Morton died at the home of her daughter. […]

Clayton Dickinson



Clayton Dickinson, age 60, died Nov. 17, 2012. He was born Jan. 15, 1952 to the late Ethel Mae and Jimmie Dickinson Sr. He joined the Orange Hill Missionary Baptist Church at an early age. After graduating from Clarke County High School in the Class of 1971, Mr. Dickinson moved to Detroit, Mich. where he resided until his death. He […]