The material inside the Monday Record is recorded by The Anniston Star from various institutions and government offices.

The public records are published as they appeared on the documents obtained by the newspaper.

Direct questions and comments about Monday Record to Isaac Godwin at jgodwin@jsu.edu.

EDITOR’S NOTE

MONDAY RECORDYOUR GUIDE TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND VITAL STATISTICS IN CALHOUN COUNTY

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• George Michael Tucker of Birmingham to Alyson Lynne Fuqua of Birming-ham• Josias Johannes Aucamp of Oxford to Christa Edith Klump of Oxford• Tyrone Fortia Garrett of Birmingham to Octavia Charlotte Mims of Macon, Ga.• Dylan Rhodes Maxwell of Piedmont to Erica Rae Jones of Piedmont• Phillip Eugene Holsem-back of Oxford to Barbara Sue Grissom of Oxford• Tony Gino Santana of Piedmont to Adrienne Sybil Shad of Weaver• Cedric Latrell Weeks Jr., of Anniston to Candice Nicole Roper of Anniston• Coleman Francis House-knecht of Spanish Fort to Lauren Elaine Burney of Huntsville• Christopher Michael Tramontana of Anniston to Rutchel Docdoc Baguioro of Anniston• Curtis Jeffrey Anderson of Jacksonville to Kim-

berly Leeann Fleming of Jacksonville• Joshua Shannon Truitt of Prattville to Nichole Lynn Rucker of Prattville• Kenneth Lane Hyche of Cullman to Rosemarie Williams of Fayetteville, Ga.• Terrance Jamal Curry of Anniston to Shantell Annquenett Porter of Anniston• Thomas Wesley Arm-brester of Munford to Lynay Edwards Dunaway of Oxford• Corey Wayne Moulton of Atlanta to Sarah Mad-elynne Miller of Atlanta• Roy Junior Simmons Sr., of Anniston to Yvonne Annette Moates of Annis-ton• Zondrick Vala Garrett of Eastaboga to Trishella Delks of Eastaboga• Donnie Wesley Cooper of Munford to Stephanie Louise Kent of Munford• Terry Ray Griffin of Annis-ton to Lindsey Kate Wiley of Anniston

MARRIAGE LICENSESA Chapter 7 bankruptcy allows the debtor to retain certain exempt property, but the debtor’s remaining property is gathered and sold by a trustee from which creditors will receive payment. It may also be used by businesses which wish to terminate their business.A Chapter 13 bankruptcy enables debtors, through court supervision and protection, to propose and carry out a repayment plan under which creditors are paid, in full or in part, in installments over a three-year period. During that time, debtors are prohibited from starting or continuing collection efforts. The following bankruptcies declared by Calhoun County residents were recorded by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Alabama last week:

Chapter 7• Richard Todd Atherton and Wanda Janette Atherton, 1595 Broadwell Mill Rd., Jacksonville• Marshall Ellis Schmitz and Anita Marie Hernandez, 4219 Mitchell Rd., Anniston• Jerry Powers, Jr., and Tonya Powers, 233 Digby Road, Oxford• Justin Eugene Black and Heather M. Black, 78 Dre-mie Drive, Eastaboga• Shannon J. Arrowood and Carrie A. Arrowood, 95 Canyon Trail, Alexandria

Chapter 13• Stephanie D. Wainwright, 5372 Whisperwood Court, Anniston• Kimberly C. Johnson, 415 West 14th St., Annsiton• Kimberly G. Barth, 1229 Humphries St., Oxford

BANKRUPTCIESDEATHSRufus Leon Alsabrook, Roanoke Janeth Lynn Anglin, RanburneTeresa E. Armstrong, AnnistonMike Bailey, AnnistonLinda Faye Ball, CentreCynthia Ann Lipham Bobo, OxfordJames Leroy Bond, Cedar BluffWilliam Bradford, AnnistonAnna Bruner, AnnistonJames William Bullock, HeflinEldon Chesnut, LeesburgJoyce Cofield, NewellDwight T. Cooley, DeltaBrenda Faye Coppock, JacksonvilleJohn M. Cortez, AnnistonAlvin “Chip” Delane Craighead, SaksJames Ray Cosper, WeaverRobin D. Dancy, OpelikaMary Jo Thompson Duncan, AlpineMary Ruth Dye, TalladegaFlelix Ervin, HeflinBilly F. Hill, LinevilleFrankie Howard, OxfordRandy Lanier Hunt, TalladegaL. Allen Hyatt, PiedmontCharles Burrell Jackson Jr., AnnistonWillie Kelley, WeaverLouise Kilpatrick, AnnistonMaggie Hardy Matthews Leach, OhatcheeWarren G. Lee, LincolnTavie M. Lott, OxfordLucy Caudle Loudermilch, FairhopeMichael L. McCargo, TalladegaCollin “Super Hero” McDaniel, AnnistonLillian Orr Johnson Meadows, TalladegaDonald Robert Morris Sr., RoanokeMary Alma Nichols, HeflinDewey L. Nunnally, AnnistonRilla Jo Patterson, GadsdenJohn Louis Peterson, TalladegaHelen Cornelius Pitts, WeaverTina Coleman Pope, Spring GardenMother Johnnie B. Sims, CaliforniaDavid L. Sims, WedoweeBilly Lavallion Smith, RanburneLuther Mike Trosper Jr., LeesburgLouise Vernon, RoanokeInell Orr White, AnnistonSarah Louise Seay Williams, AnnistonEunice Margaret Wilson, GeorgiaEdna Lucille Bailey Wood, AshlandJames Claris Wright Jr., M.D., Indianapolis

Here is the livestock market report for the Tuesday sale.Receipts for this week 618 compared to 554 last week. Receipts a year ago 445.

FEEDER CLASSES:Bulls and steers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. Too Few; 300-400 lbs. 180.00 to 232.50; 400-500 lbs. 170.00 to 197.50; 500-600 lbs. 145.00 to 175.00; 600-700 lbs. 127.00 to 159.00.Heifers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. Too Few; 300-400 lbs. 152.00 to 175.00; 400-500 lbs. 147.00 to 172.50; 500-600 lbs. 138.00 to 160.00; 600-700 lbs. 120.00 to 140.00.

SLAUGHTER CLASSES:Cows: Breakers 84.00 to 89.00; Boners 90.00 to 94.00; Lean 75.00 to 80.00.Bulls: Normal Dressing 54-58% 93.00 to 95.00; High Dressing > 58% 100.00 to 109.50; Low Dressing

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• Kay M. Young• Samuel David Clevenger

• Bettye J. Clem• Bobby Lee• Robert E. Gay

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INCORPORATIONS

• NOVY, Inc.

Dissolved • Lakota Corporation• Down to Earth Lawn Care, LLC• Classic Mortgage Com-pany, Inc.• Rice, Adams & Turner, LLC

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The people listed in this arrest report, whose names and charges are obtained from public records, are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

AnnistonThe following felony arrests were reported by the Anniston Police Department during the seven-day period ending 7 a.m. Thursday.• Christopher Artislee Taylor, 18, of

unspecified address: three counts of discharging firearm into build-ing, second-degree assault.• Leshun Blondeva Caldwell, 28, of unspecified address: three counts of illegal possession/fraudulent use of credit card, second-degree theft of lost property.• Douglas Dewayne Sparks, 42, of unspecified address: possession of a controlled substance.• Demalo Vontae Jones, 24, of

unspecified address: first-degree possession of marijuana.• Jeremy Davon Oliver, 22, of unspecified address: first-degree possession of marijuana.• Charles Daniel Braden, 27, of unspecified address: third-degree burglary.

Calhoun CountyThe following felony arrests were reported by the Calhoun County

Sheriff’s Office during the seven-day period ending 7 a.m. Thurs-day.• Stacey Allen Kellum, 28, of White Plains: possession of a controlled substance.

OxfordThe following felony arrests were reported by the Oxford Police Department during the seven-day period ending 7 a.m. Thursday.

• Ryan Louis Steinkamp, 20, of Anniston: possession of a stolen vehicle.• Dexter Laron Kelly, 41, of Annis-ton: possession of a concealed weapon without a license, posses-sion of a controlled substance.• Jesse Ray Proctor, 24, of Cen-tre: attempt to commit a controlled substance crime.

ARRESTS

Crimes are listed by location. Anonymous tips may be called in to Crime Stoppers at 256-238-1414. A reward of up to $1,000 may be given.

AnnistonThe following property crimes were reported to the Anniston Police Department during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.

Burglaries• Residence, 4500 block of Saks Road: split system heat pump. • Residence, 1600 block of Mul-berry Avenue: washing machine, clothes dryer, lawn mower, string trimmer.

• Residence, 3500 block of Moore Avenue: electric guitar, amplifier, VCR, jewelry.• Residence, 2900 block of U.S. 431: electric stove, carpet cleaner.• Residence, 300 block of Palmetto Avenue: three televisions.

Thefts• Parking lot, 2200 block of Alabama 202: vehicle batteries.• Residence, 3100 block of Madison Street: air compressor.• Department store, 5500 block of McClellan Boulevard: printers, clothing. (Recovered 03-23-2012)

Robberies• Residence, 400 block of William-son Avenue: game console, laptop

computer.• Residence, 3600 block of West 14th Street: cell phone.• Street, 300 block of East 17th Street: cash, jewelry.

Auto-related thefts• Parking lot, 2800 block of Noble Street: firearm.• Parking lot, 1600 block of War-rior Road: purse, cash, debit/credit cards, personal I.D.• Residence, 1200 block of Prim-rose Place: 2000 Toyota Tacoma.

Calhoun County The following property crimes were reported to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office during the

seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.

Burglaries• Residence, Four Mile Road, Annis-ton: water heater, dishwasher, gas stove.• Residence, Post Oak Road, Jack-sonville: firearms.

Thefts• Residence, Holley Circle, Oxford: firearm with case.• Residence, Cash Street, Ohatchee: heat/air unit.• Residence, Rocky Hollow Road, Jacksonville: jewelry.

Robberies• Parking lot, Alabama 204, Wel-

lington: cash.

Auto-related thefts• Residence, Choccolocco Road, Anniston: 1994 Toyota Celica.

I.D. theft• Residence, Tiffany Lane, Ohatchee: cash.

OxfordThe following property crimes were reported to the Oxford Police Department during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.

Thefts• Residence: utility trailer.• Department store: cell phone, game controllers, charge kit.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS

Here are food service establish-ments recently inspected by the Calhoun County Health Depart-ment, along with scores. A score of 100 indicates the inspector found no deficiencies. Potentially hazardous deficiencies (four- or five-point demerit items) are noted. These must be corrected immedi-ately and inspectors say they are

often corrected while the inspec-tion is underway. Restaurants earning below 70 must raise their scores within seven days or face closure.

4-OR 5-POINT DEMERITS• Dad’s Bar-B-Q, 3105 McClellan Blvd., Anniston — 89, approved food safety course certificate

required.• Sonic Drive In, 302 Glade Road, Anniston — 95, potentially hazard-ous food did not meet temperature requirements during cold holding.

NO MAJOR DEMERITS• Dorsey’s Supermarket, 601 Main St., Oxford — 97.• Food Outlet Jr., 6346 U.S. 431,

Alexandria — 96.• Golden Corral, 201 Oxford Exchange Blvd., Oxford — 96.• Li’s Place, 81 Big Valley Drive, Alexandria — 97.• Los Arcos Mexican Restaurant, 5630 McClellan Blvd., Anniston — 98.• Los Mexicanos, 1936 U.S. 78, E., Oxford — 97.

• McDonald’s, 3424 Greenbrier-Dear Road, Anniston — 99.• Nonna’s Kitchen, 8314 Alabama 144, Alexandria — 96.• Sonic Drive In, 1529 Greenbrier-Dear Road, Anniston — 96.• Taco Bell, 504 Hamric Drive, E., Oxford — 97.• Yume Japanese & Asian Cuisine, 301 Colonial Drive, Oxford — 97.

WE BUY GOLDSilver and Diamonds

DIAMOND DEPOT • Snow St., Oxford - Across from Cheaha Bank • (256) 365-2087284436

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bras, deep in their purses, or tucked in a pocket — if they had one. He noticed they disliked the belt pouches that many men use, as women do not wear belts as often as men do.

As a guy, Crowe also sought a more convenient way to carry his own phone. He bought an ear-piece, which hurt whenever he wore it, and he could not screen his calls. All of these issues set him up for the night of his dream.

With the prototype in his hand, Crowe left his full-time job and

called a patent attorney in Wash-ington, D.C.

“We searched for about three months,” said Crowe, “and we could find nothing like it on the market.”

Upon the recommendation of the attorney, Crowe filed for a pat-ent in a process that cost about $3,800. Then, he attended a show for inventors in Pittsburgh where he received help and advice in coming up with a trademark, a logo and a product name.

“Attending that invention show,” said Crowe, “was wisest thing I did.”

Crowe has spent all of his sav-ings to get the product ready for

production and has applied for a loan from the Small Business Administration to carry his ideas forth. The Entrepreneurial Cen-ter in Anniston’s Industrial Park is working with him to give him both advice and an office.

So far, Crowe has sold about 200 Strap-N-Go devices, and he has talked to a friend he met in Pittsburgh about mass-producing them. After production is going well, he hopes to manufacture the device in Calhoun County.

Crowe has two other ideas for inventions, another cell-phone accessory and a device for moth-ers with babies.

“I love this,” he said about his

newest venture. “I could work on it 24 hours a day, and my days are not even long enough.”

So far, the Strap-N-Go is avail-able only in black, but soon there will be blue, pink and red mod-els. Another idea he has is setting up his company so that custom-ers can order custom Strap-N-Go devices.

C r o w e ’ s w e b s i t e i s www.2gostrap.com. For informa-tion about Strap-N-Go, call Crowe at 256-225-4490.

— Sherry Kughn

need to meet? Get a roomAnniston city officials are trying

to give businesses a boost — and

fill the City Meeting Center — by offering the center’s rooms at half price.

City officials sent out an announcement last week pointing out the price reduction.

Prices for the large meeting room are merely reduced (rates vary depending on what sort of event you’re holding) but other meeting rooms are half off.

The offer is good only until the end of the year, and it’s good only for weekdays during normal busi-ness hours. Weekends at the meet-ing center are already booked for months to come. For more infor-mation, call 256-231-7675

— Tim Lockette

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Support Groups:• AA meeting, noon and 7 p.m., 1411 Gurnee Ave., enter through rear of building, 256-237-6196.• Free drug treatment for ado-lescents abusing drugs, meeting times will vary, Family Links, 265 Rucker St., 256-820-5911.• Courage to Change Group of Narcotics Anonymous, basic text study, open, non-smoking, 7 p.m., Atlanta Avenue, off Noble Street between 10th and 11th streets.• Alcoholics Anonymous Piedmont group, 7:30 p.m., 801 Hughes St., Piedmont.• Help in Progress Narcotics Anon-ymous, 7-8 p.m., 2236 U.S. 78 W., (1 mile from Fred’s).

Miscellaneous:• Senior floor fitness class, 8:15-9:15 a.m., Jacksonville State Uni-versity, Pete Mathews Coliseum, dance studio, call Aubrey Crosson at 256-689-2580 for more informa-tion.• Senior water aerobics class, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Jacksonville State Uni-versity, Pete Mathews Coliseum, call Aubrey Crosson at 256-689-2580 for more information.

Meetings:• Positive Christian Singles, 4:30 p.m., Western Sizzlin’, Oxford, 256-820-3536.• WE (Women Empowered), 5:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Henry Road, upstairs across from the library, any women living in Anniston, or concerned about the welfare of the city, are welcome to attend.• Hartwell Masonic Lodge No. 101 F & A.M. of Alabama, 7 p.m., 600 Main St., Oxford, 256- 282-2035.• Civitan Club, noon, Classic on

Noble, 256-236-9874.• Oxford Rotary Club, noon-1 p.m., Western Sizzlin’, Oxford.

Tuesday

Support Groups:• Grief Support Group, for any-one who has experienced a loss through the death of a loved one, 1 p.m., Cancer Resource Center, Physician’s Office Building, fourth floor, room 406, 256-235-5146.• AA meeting, noon and 7 p.m., 1411 Gurnee Ave., enter through rear of building, 256-237-6196.• Bariatric Support Group, for per-sons interested in bariatric surgery or those who have had bariatric surgery and support people, Physi-cians Office Building, suite 102, 901 Leighton Ave., contact Ann Couch, RN, CBN at 256-236-1300.• Free drug treatment for ado-lescents abusing drugs, meeting times will vary, Family Links, 265 Rucker St., 256-820-5911.• Courage to Change Group of Nar-cotics Anonymous, discussion, open, smoking, noon; women’s meeting, candlelight, smoking, 7 p.m.; 11th Step Meditation meet-ing, closed, non-smoking, 8:30 p.m., Atlanta Avenue, off Noble Street between 10th and 11th streets.• New Perspectives, a narcotics anonymous group, 6:30-7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 109 Gayle St., behind McDonald’s, Jacksonville, 256-435-4881.• Alzheimer’s Support Group, for families dealing with Alzheimer’s disease, 5-6 p.m., Physician’s Cen-ter, third floor, room 301, 256-235-5578.• Mental Illness Support Group, for patients with bi-polar, depres-sion, and other disorders and those interested in providing support, 1:30 p.m., Tyler Center, 731 Leighton Ave., in the galley.

• Free parenting classes for par-ents of newborns to 4-year-olds, 9-11 a.m., Family Services Center of Calhoun County, 13 E. 11th St. Child care provided. 256-231-2240.• One day at a time Al-Anon group, noon-1 p.m., (new location), Phy-sician’s Office Building, Suite 406, call Ann Garner at 256-237-3464 for directions or more information.• Alcoholics Anonymous closed meeting, noon, Tyler Center, in the Galley. • Help in Progress Narcotics Anon-ymous, 7-8 p.m., 2236 U.S. 78 W., (1 mile from Fred’s).• National Association for Retired and Active Federal Employees, Volunteer Service Center, 9 a.m.-noon, Anniston Army Depot, Building 220, (outside main gate), to assist retired federal employ-ees. Call 256-235-4631 to make an appointment or for more informa-tion. • True Transformation, a Christ-centered recovery program for women only, noon, 1211 Noble St.

Meetings:• Jacksonville Aspiring Writers Group, 4:30 p.m., Jacksonville Public Library, anyone interested in the creative writing process is welcome. Bring samples of your original writing to share. The group offers support, critique and infor-mation about writing and possible publishing venues. Call 256-782-2881 for more information.• Eastaboga Masonic Lodge No. 155, 7 p.m., Lodge building in Easta-boga, 256-835-7576.• VFW Post 4638, 6 p.m., Carver Community Center, 256-283-9027.• Anniston Rotary Club, noon, Anniston Country Club.• North East Alabama Table Ten-nis Club, 5-9 p.m., Anniston Army Depot Gym, Bynum, 256-689-8603.• Bridge Club, 9 a.m., Lenlock Cen-

ter No. 5, 5818 McClellan Blvd., 256-225-0003.

Miscellaneous:• Free, confidential counseling for prospective and existing small business owners, provided by the Service Corps of Retired Execu-tives (SCORE), by appointment, Northeast Alabama Entrepreneur-ial System, 1400 Commerce Blvd., just off Greenbrier Road, call 256-831-5215 to make an appointment or for more information.• Anniston First United Method-ist Church men’s prayer breakfast, 6:30 a.m., The Bridge, 1400 Noble St., at rear of church, all men are invited to attend, call 256-236-5605.• Anniston Runners Club, 5:30 p.m., at Anniston YMCA, W. 14th Street. Call 256-310-0830, e-mail ddunn@annistonstar.com or visit www.annistonrunners.com. • Senior water aerobics class, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Jacksonville State Uni-versity, Pete Mathews Coliseum, call Aubrey Crossen at 256-689-2580 for more information.• Senior therapeutic yoga class, 8-9 a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete Mathews Coliseum, dance studio, call Aubrey Crossen at 256-689-2580 for more information.

Wednesday

Support Group:• AA meeting, noon and 7 p.m., 1411 Gurnee Ave., enter through rear of building, 256-237-6196.• Celebrate Recovery, 12-step Christ-centered recovery Step Study Group, 6 p.m., Word Alive International Outreach, Coldwater, 256-225-2186 or 256-223-6593.• Courage to Change Group of Nar-cotics Anonymous, 90 minutes, closed, candlelight, smoking, 7 p.m., Atlanta Avenue, off Noble

Street between 10th and 11th streets.• Free parenting classes for par-ents of 2- to 12-year-olds, 9-11 a.m., Family Services Center of Calhoun County, 13 E. 11th St. Child care provided. 256-231-2240. • Alcoholics Anonymous Piedmont group, 7:30 p.m., 801 Hughes St., Piedmont.• Help in Progress Narcotics Anon-ymous, 7-8 p.m., 2236 U.S. 78 W., (1 mile from Fred’s).• New Wine Recovery Support Group for addicts and alcoholics, 6:30 p.m., Hill Crest Baptist Church, “The Rock,” room 208, Family Life Center.

Meetings:• Cheaha Republican Women, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Class on Noble, visit www.cheaharw.org/ for more information.• Jacksonville Kiwanis Club, noon, Jacksonville Community Center, 501 Alexandria Road SW, Jack-sonville, 256-435-9588.• Bridge Club, 11 a.m., Lenlock Cen-ter No. 5, 5818 McClellan Blvd., 256-225-0003. • Book Club, noon, Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County, 108 E. 10th St., 256-237-8501.• Men’s Bible Study of Anniston First Baptist Church, 8 a.m., McDonald’s in Lenlock, 256-847-0230.

Miscellaneous:• Senior floor fitness class, 8:15-9:15 a.m., Jacksonville State Uni-versity, Pete Mathews Coliseum, dance studio, call Aubrey Crosson at 256-689-2580 for more informa-tion.• Senior water aerobics class, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Jacksonville State Uni-versity, Pete Mathews Coliseum, call Aubrey Crosson at 256-689-2580 for more information.

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partnership we could not be nearly as effective.”

The partnerships also benefit the com-munities in which they are based, he said.

“The areas where we have strong part-ners like SAVE Calhoun County are the areas that are seeing the most dramatic impact as far as the reduction in shelter intake.”

In Anniston that has translated to a 17 percent decrease in intake in Anniston’s animal shelter over the last three years, said Millie Harris, a member of SAVE. She said the Calhoun County animal shelter stopped taking in transfers from Etowah County in the last three years, so those numbers couldn’t be used to track a reduction.

Still, unwanted puppies and kittens are a big problem in Calhoun County.

Donna Roberts, a former vice president of the League for Animal Welfare who helps out at the league’s no-kill shelter, said the problem is pretty bad.

“We get a lot of animals kind of dumped off,” Roberts said. “The mother hasn’t been spayed and they have a litter and sometimes they drop them off at the door. They just leave them and I know that’s happened twice in the last two or three weeks.”

Ninety percent of the animals that go

into the county and city shelters come from low-income families, Harris said. Those are the people that are benefiting most from SAVE’s help, she said.

In June 2011, the partnership between SAVE and the clinic was threatened. The clinic received a letter from the Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Exam-iners, telling it to stop work. The board said the clinic was operating illegally since it wasn’t owned by a licensed veterinar-ian.

State law, the board said, meant that only a veterinarian could own and operate a clinic performing veterinary medicine. The clinic argued that is a misinterpreta-tion of the law. It has been fighting the shutdown in court.

But state legislators are also trying to fix the problem. Representative Patricia Todd, D-Jefferson, introduced legislation that would add an exemption to the law for charitable organizations that perform only spay-and-neuter surgeries and vac-cinations given at the time of surgery. House Bill 156 was passed on Feb. 28 and is now in the Senate Committee for Health waiting for a hearing.

The board couldn’t be reached for comment, but Dr. Tom Nelson, a veteri-narian at Animal Medical Center, said he wouldn’t fight the bill or the clinic. How-ever, he thought it was important to point out that the pets wouldn’t be receiving the same level of care as they would from a veterinarian in private practice.

“I just know how much the cost of the materials and stuff are. The only way you can do it for that cheap is to cut corners,” the veterinarian said. “They’re not going to have the same level of equipment, the same level of anesthetics, the same level of support staff.”

The most expensive surgery at the clinic, spaying a female dog, costs $80, said Harris, while veterinarians in private practice can charge $300 for the same service, a figure the veterinarian did not dispute.

Tom Nelson said the veterinarians-only law was put in place to ensure that decisions were made on a medical basis, not a cost basis. If the law were amended, it must still protect the public, he said.

But, said Mark Nelson, in an unexpect-ed way the controversy has done some good. He regularly receives comments of support from people who visit the clinic and many people ask about the status of the legislation, he said.

“I think it has increased awareness of the spay-neuter clinics,” Mark Nelson said. “I think it’s not just the spay-neu-ter clinics, I think it’s just increased the awareness of how important it is to spay and neuter your pet.”

The local effort began in 2009, when, tired of seeing domestic animals suffer, a number of area residents got together to try to make Calhoun County more pet-friendly. SAVE was formed in September of that year.

“After getting involved in animal res-cue, helping at the shelter and getting involved in animal welfare, I saw how many animals are abandoned, neglected, abused and that have to be killed every year,” Hatley said.

The group met the first time in July 2009 with Hatley, Harris, State Sen. Del Marsh and about 75 other concerned resi-dents, many who were involved in other animal welfare groups. They weren’t sure what they could do, but they knew eutha-nasia wasn’t the answer. As Hatley put it, “you cannot kill your way out of a pet over-population problem.”

Said Harris, “We came together know-ing that spaying and neutering is a proac-tive thing that we can do and it will make a huge, huge difference.”

They talked about possibly creating their own low-cost spay-neuter clinic in Calhoun County, but with the Alabama Spay Neuter Clinic in Birmingham so close, it seemed best to work with it, Har-ris and Hatley said. The clinic was already offering a low-cost alternative to tradition-al veterinarians. The group started work immediately and created a partnership with the clinic.

That first year, between September and December, SAVE began meeting a trans-port taking animals to and from the clinic. It also scraped up enough donations to fund 20 of those surgeries. In 2010, the group was able to fund 164 surgeries.

Staff writer Laura Camper: 256-235-3545.

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— something she said they couldn’t afford on a tight budget.

Under the law, people such as Donner and her husband would have to get insurance or pay a fine. But they may qualify for federal subsidies to help pay premiums for policies that would be more com-prehensive. Preventive care would be covered with no co-payments.

“We have jobs, we pay our bills, we pay our taxes,” said Donner. “Yet it is very difficult to find affordable, reasonable health care.”

There’s no question the Medi-care payroll tax is a government mandate, said Mark Hayes, for-mer chief health counsel for the Republican staff of the Senate Finance Committee.

But he makes a distinction between the payroll tax and the individual health insurance man-date in Obama’s health care law.

Congress used more clearly defined constitutional powers when it created Medicare. “The power to tax and the power to spend,” Hayes said. “Here, with the individual mandate, it’s a

different question — regulating interstate commerce. This is a novel question from a legal stand-point.”

Obama’s law makes health insurance both a right and a responsibility for most. It would provide coverage to more than 90 percent of the population, subsi-dizing private insurance for mil-lions. But it also requires nearly everyone to carry health insur-ance, either through an employer or a government program, or by buying an individual policy.

The mandate is well within the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce, the admin-istration and the law’s supporters contend. Opponents say Con-gress overstepped constitutional bounds by effectively requiring individuals to purchase a particu-lar product.

Supreme Court justices are try-ing to determine the distinction between Obama’s law and other mandates, and whether it makes a difference.

Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony Kennedy raised the matter during oral arguments last week.

Ginsburg brought up Social

Security as an example, likening it to a government old-age annu-ity that everyone is forced to pur-chase.

“It just seems very strange to me that there’s no question we can have a Social Security system (despite) all the people who say: ‘I’m being forced to pay for some-thing I don’t want,’” she said.

“There’s something very odd about that, that the government can take over the whole thing and we all say, ‘Oh, yes that’s fine,’ but if the government wants to ... pre-serve private insurers, it can’t do that.”

Kennedy mused that Congress could have created a Medicare-style program for the uninsured, run exclusively by the govern-ment without the involvement of private insurers.

“Let’s assume that (Congress) could use the tax power to raise revenue and to just have a nation-al health service, single payer,” said Kennedy. “How does that factor into our analysis? In one sense, it can be argued that this is what the government is doing; it ought to be honest about the power that it’s using and use the correct power.

“On the other hand, it means that since ... Congress can do it anyway, we give a certain amount of latitude,” Kennedy continued. “I’m not sure which way the argu-ment goes.”

The case may well turn on how Kennedy decides.

Social Security and Medicare are no longer controversial man-dates because they are part of the social fabric, said Hayes, the former GOP congressional aide. Not so the health care law’s man-date. “Today, this is controversial because it is novel from a legal standpoint and also new from a societal standpoint,” he said.

The distinction frustrates sup-porters of the health care law.

“It’s so crazy to think that a society that has Social Security and Medicare would not find this (law) constitutional,” said MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, who advised both the Obama admin-istration and Massachusetts law-makers as they developed the state mandate in the 2006 law that Republican presidential candi-date Mitt Romney championed as governor.

“The payroll tax is worse than the mandate, because that is a

program where we take your money and there is no ability to get out of it,” Gruber said. Citizens can avoid the health insurance mandate by paying a penalty to the Internal Revenue Service.

Other federal health care man-dates include:

• The 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. It requires nearly all hospitals to treat and stabilize anyone need-ing emergency care, regardless of ability to pay or legal U.S. resi-dency. Critics call it an unfunded mandate. It was part of a budget law signed by President Ronald Reagan.

• The 1996 Mental Health Par-ity Act. It prohibits group health plans from setting lower annual or lifetime dollar limits for mental health benefits as compared with medical and surgical benefits.

• The 1996 Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Protection Act. It requires plans offering maternity coverage to pay for at a least a 48-hour hospital stay following most normal deliveries, and 96 hours following a Caesarean section. The mental health parity and maternal health laws were signed by President Bill Clinton.

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• Simon David Boozer Estate to David Edward Boozer and Marga-ret Ann Boozer-Strother, a parcel of land in section 20, township 16, range 8, $10.• Simon David Boozer Estate to David Edward Boozer and Mar-garet Ann Boozer-Strother, South Anniston Land Company, division 1, block 42, lot 10, $10.• Simon David Boozer Estate to David Edward Boozer and Marga-ret Ann Boozer-Strother, Rolling Green subdivision, phase 2, lots 16-20, $10.• Simon David Boozer Estate to David Edward Boozer and Marga-ret Ann Boozer-Strother, a parcel of land in section 17/20, township 16, range 8, $10.• Simon David Boozer Estate to David Edward Boozer and Marga-ret Ann Boozer-Strother, Rolling Green subdivision, lots 10 and 11, $10.• Simon David Boozer Estate to Community Foundation of North-east Alabama, a parcel of land in section 15, township 16, range 8, $10.• Zabrina McCallister and Vincent McCallister to Keishawn Mal-brough, West Anniston Land & Improvement Co., block 16, lot 15th Street & Dooley Avenue, $10.• David Foster McCluskey, Michael Clint McCluskey, Mac Luallen and Mollie Nicole Luallen to Bridgette Marbury, Lakewood Estates, block 1, lot 6, $10.• Charles L. Harless to Anthony Shane Fortenberry and Jennifer A. Fortenberry, a parcel of land in section 30, township 13, Range 8, $10.• Lella Mae Parker, Nancy J. Parker Whaley and Carl Douglas Parker to Anthony Shane Fortenberry and Jennifer A. Fortenberry, a parcel of land in section 30, township 13, range 8, $10.• B & S Holdings, LLC, to CAL PAC Development, Profile Mill Village, block 8, lot 8, $10.• Andrea Corbett to Mike Corbett, Piedmont, lots 34-36; a parcel of

land in section 12, township 13, range 9, $10.• Bank of America to Housing & Urban Development, Indian Oaks Estates, section 2, lot 80, $10.• Michael Wayne Carroll and Julie M. Carroll to Highway 21 Pit Stop, LLC, a parcel of land in section 7, township 13, range 10, $10.• Daniel L. Lee to Juliette H. Lee, T.W. Calloway, block 2, lot Cooper Avenue & 16th Street, $10.• Cheaha Bank to Don James, Silver Lakes Estates, block A, lot 9, $10.• Merlene Whitman to Donna Grubbs and Debbie Pirkle, Cam-bridge East, 3rd addition, block F, lot 5, $10.• CitiMortgage, Inc., to Housing & Urban Development, a parcel of land in section 36, township 14, range 7, $1.• Danny Mangum and Lynne S. Mangum to Lynne S. Mangum and Cody Chance Mangum, a parcel of land in section 10, township 14, range 7, $10.• Paul W. Locke Jr., and Nancy L. Locke to Ralph Caldwell, a parcel of land in section 17, township 16, range 9, $10.• Monte A. Hoffman and Nancy H. Hoffman to Albert E. Ward Jr. and Lauren D. Ward, a parcel of land in section 19, township 14, range 6, $10.• BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, to Housing & Urban Development, Pine Manor subdivision, lot 7, $1.• Kristi R. Roper to Eric J. Talbot and Kristi R. Talbot, a parcel of land in section 35, township 15, range 9, $1000.• Housing & Urban Development to Katrina McClellan, Greenbrier subdivision, block A, lot 2, $52,200.• Housing & Urban Development to Timothy Wayne Cain, Acker subdi-vision, block 3, lot 3, $15,000.• Housing & Urban Development to Mary Hannah Brittain and Janet J. Brittain, Jacksonville Mining & Manufacturing Co., block 332, lots 8-10, $51,500.• Bobby Eugene Holyfield to Bev-erley Joyce Graham, Davisville,

block 10, lots 1-3, $10.• Bobby T. Smith to Ronald Troy Smith, Donna K. Farmer, Susan E. Hanson and Cathy Lynn Ray, a par-cel of land in section 34, township 15, range 9, $10.• Mary B. Jones to Tonya M. Barnes, Shannon Hills subdivi-sion, block 3, lot 6, $10.• Bobby Eugene Holyfield to Valinda Teague, a parcel of land in section 33, township 14, range 9, $10.• Fannie Mae to James A. Mason, Idlewild subdivison, lot 18, $10.• James Roper to Clayton Provid-ers, Inc., Anniston City Land Co., block 274, lot 5, $10.• Cheaha Bank to Herbert Cun-ningham, Anniston Land Co., block 515C, lot 1, $10.• Stonecrest Income and Oppor-tunity Fund I, LLC, to US Home Ownership, LLC, a parcel of land in section 30, township 15, range 8, $8,500.• Frank Guthrie and Jimmie Guth-rie to James Brian Guthrie, a par-cel of land in section 3, township 15, range 7, $10.• Leonard Gaither and Patricia Gaither to Cornelius Lloyd, Dent-McGraw subdivision, block C, lots 1 and 2, $10.• Margaret Ruth Peppers Gann Estate to Brian Badgett, a parcel of land in section 26, township 14, range 7, $100.• Richard Chapman to Derrick White, a parcel of land in section 3, township 15, range 7, $10.• Don M. Spears to Justin D. Math-ias and Melissa Lynn McQuinn Mathias, Del-Ray subdivision, block B, lot 20, $10.• Mary P. Shaddix to Julia Faye Shaddix, Meadowbrook subdivi-sion, block 4, lot 10, $10.• Jackie M. Stovall, Robert A. Stovall, Tony F. Stovall, Mary Jane Self, Tommy Hinton, Michael S. Hinton and Leon Ray Stovall to Robert A. Stovall, Jackie M. Stovall, Tony F. Stovall, Mary Jane Self, Tommy Hinton and Michael S. Hinton, a parcel of land in sec-

tion 36, township 15, range 7, $10.• Tim Lane and Diane Lane to Tim Lane and Diane Lane, a parcel of land in section 14, township 13, range 9, $10.• Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance to Nick Winsdale Humphries, a parcel of land in section 4, town-ship 15, range 9, $10.• Jo Lambert to Linda Stringfield and David Stringfield, a parcel of land in section 26, township 15, range 7, $10.• Wendy Denise King to Deborah Tipton and Latosha Tipton, a par-cel of land in section 36, township 15, range 7, $10.• Curtis Craig Edge to Bobby Raper, Delwood Estates, 1st addi-tion, block D, lot 32, $10.• Bancorpsouth Bank to Housing & Urban Development, Anniston Land Co., block 531A, lot 1, $1.• Everbank to Veterans Affairs, Jacksonville Mining & Manufac-turing Co., block 83, lots 4-6, $1.• Noblebank & Trust to Erica Ruth-erford, Taylor’s Bend subdivision, lot 13, $11,000.• TS Fairways, LLC, to Francis T. Karam and Billie K. Karam, The Fairways at Cider Ridge, phase 2, block 2, lot 7, $10.• Terry R. Grizzard and Janet E. Grizzard to Tommy J. Pope and Kathy S. Pope, Cheaha Acres No. 2 in Boozer Land & Improvement Co., block 5, lot 31, $10.• Violet Brooks to Matthew A. Thomas and Catherine E. Thomas, a parcel of land in section 34, town-ship 16, range 7, $10.• Bill Pressley to Pressley Land Co., LLC, a parcel of land in section 34, township 16, range 7, $1.• Cherylece Grier Wiggins to Gwendolyn C. Cochran and Edward E. Cochran, Anniston Pipeworks addition, block 6, lots 1-3, $10.• Earlon C. McWhorter to Butch Welch Construction Co., Inc., Hid-den Valley subdivision, 1st addi-tion, lot 3, $10.• James M. Norton and Doris D. Norton to Tammy N. Stewart, a

parcel of land in section 17, town-ship 15, range 8.• James E. Smith and Mildred Smith to James W. Smith, Phyl-lis Jones, James E. Smith and Mildred Smith, a parcel of land in section 30, township 15, range 6, $10.• Housing & Urban Development to Bill Wakefield, Sherwood For-est subdivision, 4th addition, block 8, lot 9, $65,000.• Richard Sawyer to Allen Lewis Guy, Sr., Anniston City Land Co., block 550, lot 10th Street/K Avenue, $35,000.• Michael J. Fetzer, Janet Braden and Phyllis Herb to Michael J. Fetzer, a parcel of land in section 28, township 14, range 16, $1.• Habitat For Humanity of Calhoun County to Taylor Don Martin, Quail Run subdivision, 1st addition, block A, lot 16, $10.• Taylor Don Martin to Home Investment Partnership Program, Quail Run subdivision, 1st addition, block A, lot 16, $10.• Sam Almaroad to Oak Castle, LLC, a parcel of land in section 13, township 14, range 8, $10.• Sam Almaroad to Oak Castle, LLC, a parcel of land in section 18, township 14, range 9, $10.• Carolyn D. Hurst to Rosemary Wessinger Garza, a parcel of land in section 12, township 16, range 8, $10.• Kimberlie Penland to Jeromy Wilkinson, Anniston Homestead & Fruitgrowers Association, lot 2905, $10.• Billy Pressley to BNT, LLC, Press-ley Place subdivision, lot 4, $1.• Donald O. Sills and Zandra W. Sills to Covalli’s Pizza, LLC, South Anniston Land Co., 2nd division, block 23, lots 1 and 2, $10.• Patricia D. Davidson and Claude Donald Glover to Claude Donald Glover and Patty M. Glover, Pied-mont Land & Improvement Co., block 16, lots 8-11, $10.• Midfirst Bank to Housing & Urban Development, Anniston Land Co., block 709, lots 2 and 3, $1.

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mally comes to an end.“I think Gov. Romney’s a little out of

touch,” Biden told CBS’ “Face the Nation” in an interview broadcast Sunday. “I can’t remember a presidential candidate in the recent past who seems not to understand, by what he says, what ordinary middle-class people are thinking about and are concerned about.”

The line of attack is likely to play promi-nently in the Obama campaign’s general election narrative. While Obama is a mil-lionaire, Romney would be among the nation’s wealthiest presidents ever elect-ed. And he’s opened himself to criticism through a series of missteps.

Romney casually bet a rival $10,000 during a presidential debate, noted that his wife drives a “couple of Cadillacs,” and lists owners of professional sports teams among his friends. His personal tax records show investments in the Cayman Islands and a Swiss bank account.

Obama’s team on Sunday also seized on

Romney’s foreign policy inexperience.Biden said Obama was “stating the obvi-

ous” when he told Russian President Dmit-ry Medvedev that he would have more lati-tude on missile defense after the November general election. The two presidents did not realize the exchange, during a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, last weekend, was being picked up by a microphone.

Romney called it “alarming” and part of a pattern of “breathtaking weakness” with America’s foes. He asked what else Obama would be flexible on if he were to win a sec-ond term.

“Speaking of flexible, Gov. Romney’s a pretty flexible guy on his positions,” Biden said. Romney’s GOP opponents have accused the former Massachusetts gov-ernor of “flip-flopping” on issues such as health care and abortion.

Clinton seized on Romney’s comment that Russia is America’s “No. 1 geopolitical foe,” calling the statement “dated” and sug-gesting there were more pressing matters of concern in global affairs.

“I think it’s somewhat dated to be look-ing backwards instead of being realistic about where we agree, where we don’t

agree,” Clinton told CNN Sunday.“He just seems to be uninformed or

stuck in a Cold War mentality,” Biden added. “It exposes how little the governor knows about foreign policy.”

But the administration’s comments may have been overshadowed Sunday by Romney’s ballooning Republican support.

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., spent the week-end at Romney’s side campaigning across Wisconsin, one of three states to host Republican primaries Tuesday. First-term Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., followed Ryan’s lead Sunday morning.

“I’m coming out urging the voters of Wisconsin: ‘Let’s lead. Let’s show that this is the time to bring this process to an end so we can focus our attention on retiring President Obama,’” Johnson said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

He later appeared at a pancake brunch with Romney and offered a message to “every conservative”: “I’ve spoken with Mitt, I totally believe he is committed to saving America.”

The senator joins a growing chorus of prominent Republicans calling for the party to coalesce behind Romney’s candi-

dacy. Romney also scored former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and his father, President George H.W. Bush, in recent days.

Ryan’s endorsement was particular-ly painful for Santorum, who had been aggressively praising the congressman — a fiscal conservative hero in Wisconsin and across the country — for much of the past week. That praise ended Saturday, when Santorum referred to Ryan as “some other Wisconsinite.”

Santorum’s senior staff outlined an increasingly unlikely path to victory that depends upon hypothetical success more than a month away.

“May is going to be a good month for us,” Santorum campaign manager Mike Biundo said. “The race goes on.”

Biundo confirmed that Santorum is aggressively working the phones to sway delegates in states like Washington, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri that have already voted. But he’s having mixed success.

“We have some (delegates) that have committed. I think most people seem to right now still be kind of waiting it out. There seems to be a lot of that that’s going on,” Biundo said.

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