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HONORING OUR HEROES - Students in Madison did not view Veterans Day holiday as just a day off from school. They know the true meaning of it from lessons and activities in their school. Madison City schools have been holding Veterans observances over the past week, ranging from full school-wide assemblies to simple class assign-ments. The activities are appropriate in a community where hundreds of students come from military-connected families. Scores more have parents who work in defense-support capacities. Here are some pho-tos of Veterans Day events at West Madison Elementary and at Co-lumbia Elementary on Monday, Nov. 10. WMES Principal Daphne Jah is pictured in front of a wall of local veterans, an “Honor Assembly” in the gym involving veterans related to students at the school, WMES student violinist Emma Boyd playing the National Anthem.Columbia Elementary’s Emma Dickinson, a first grader, poses with her mother, school nurse Laura Dickinson by a wall of veterans. Emma’s father (William Stacy Dickinson), her grandfather, great grandfather and uncle are all veterans.

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REGIONAL CHAMPS - The James Clemens Competition Cheerleaders claimed the Regional Champions title for the Large Varsity Division at the Regional UCA Cheer Competition held at Sparkman High School on November 8th. The James Clemens Cheerleaders received a bid to UCA Nationals in Or-lando in February 2015 where they will compete to keep the National Championship title they won in February 2014. The team is coached by Andrea Alexander. Front Row Left to Right - Aly McKaig, Kenedey Williams, Lizzie Marlow, Kaylan Hamp-ton, Sutton Parker, Abbie Johnson, Lexi Russell Middle Row Left to Right - Sarah Olive, Sydney Hicks, Savannah Taylor, Avery McCutcheon, Taylor Yarbrough, Emily Petrucka, Jada Bates, Lauren Wasley, Sydney Turner, Caroline Payne, Last Row Left to Right - Coach Andrea Alexander, Robyn Kincade, Kennedi Taylor, Hannah Chaplin, Jana’ Byrd, Kayleigh Kilgore, Gracie Bates, Kayla Yarbrough, Lauren Clem, Annalee Ruble, Amy Haddock, Lindsey Kerr

LIBERTY LIONS ARE UCA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS - The Liberty Lions Competition cheer team Won 1st Place in the Junior High Small Division of the UCA Regional Cheer Competition on Saturday, November 8th. The competition was held at Spark-man Middle School and Liberty Middle School claimed the championship out of 10 schools in their division. The cheerlead-ers received a bid to Nationals in Orlando in February and will compete at the state level on Saturday, November 15th. The cheerleaders are coached by Natalie Lane and Michelle Breeden. Pictured are: Front Row Left to Right - Kate Byrne, Charlotte Bigelow, Remi Alex, Lizzie Trampas, Denae Wojcik Middle Row - Left to Right - Kalyn Boley, Emily Acosta, Victoria Slayton, Al-lison Brooks, Maddie Petit, Baylee Yarbrough Last Row - Coach Michelle Breeden, Avery Jones, Kayla Groce, Hannah Bryant, Lydia Weesner, Olivia Mullinix, Brina Harden, Coach Natalie Lane

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The Madison Academy Mustangs are the lone remaining football team in the Madison area of coverage moving into the second round of the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s state playoffs after both Bob Jones and James

Clemens lost in the opening round of the post-season play.

The No. 1 ranked Class 3A Mustangs (10-1) will face Piedmont (8-3) this Friday with kickoff at 7:00 p.m. at Madison Academy’s Washington Stadium.

“We traveled to Piedmont and beat them in overtime a year ago, so they’ll be more than ready to face us,” said Eric Cohu head coach of

Madison Academy.The 2009 state champion Bulldogs beat Pis-

gah 34-6 in last week’s first round playoff game and bring to the home field of the Mustangs a team that is fast, physical and well-coached. The Bulldogs have outscored its opponents 412-164 on the season with two of its losses to larger schools in higher classifications. Piedmont is the

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Madison Academy remains standing in drive for another state title

Area runners finished in top ten at state

cross country meetBoth Bob Jones and James Clemens

finished among the top 10 teams in the 2014 State Cross Country Meet held at the Oakville Indian Mounds Park in Moulton. In boys, Auburn was the top team with 25-points while Bob Jones finished ninth with 231-points. Senior Patriots runner Pay-ton Tyler finished 11th individually. In the girl’s division, Mt. Brook took the state title with 41-points. James Clemens was seventh (198) and Bob Jones ninth (212). Liz Hol-comb of James Clemens was 12th in the in-dividual standings.

The Bob Jones High School volleyball team spikes it when it comes to scoring well academically.

The team has an average 4.23 grade point average - highest among the school’s athletic teams.

Volleyball players aren’t alone in making the grade. A recent analysis of GPAs for all 9th-12th grade varsity players shows impres-sive performance both in the classroom and in their sport.

The Madison City Board of Education recognized the BJHS volleyball players for their work ethic at its board meeting meeting Thursday, Nov. 6.

Principal Robby Parker said students at Bob Jones are aware that its foundation, and that of the Madison City Schools district as a whole, is built on academics. “The Class of 2014 at Bob Jones received over $30 mil-lion in scholarships and we had a banner year signing athletes to scholarships with 41 signees. Even with that, 97 percent of the $30 million was from the academic program. I am very proud of all of our athletes and students for their continued diligence in their academic pursuits.”

Here is a breakdown of GPA averages for all sports at Bob Jones, including the highest GPA per individual.

Volleyball – 4.23 GPA. Highest: Melaina Hissam, 4.75

Girls Swimming – 4.10 GPA. Highest: Meenakshi Bhooshanan, 4.75

Girls Cross Country – 4.06 GPA. Highest: Lillie Robinson, 5.0

Boys Swimming – 3.89. Highest: Byron He, 5.0

Competition Cheer – 3.84 GPA. Highest: Serena Bukovac, 4.50

Boys Cross Country – 3.75 GPA. Highest: Daniel Gunther, 5.0

Football – 3.19 GPA. Highest: Derek Mar-ion, 4.75

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Just as NASCAR had in-tended when it first began The Chase for the Champi-onship a few years ago, the final race of the 2014 sea-son will again determine the

NASCAR Championship as four drivers will make their way to the final going around this Sunday with winner takes all.

Kevin Harvick won last Sunday’s race in Phoenix and thus vaulted into the final four for the NASCAR showdown along with Ryan New-

man, Joey Lagano and Danny Hamlin. Sunday’s race is set to begin at 2:00 p.m. on ESPN.

Jeff Gordon missed the championship finale by a mere one point and will try and just post a race title this Sunday instead of vying for the season points title. Gordon has four wins on the season while having the most top 10 finishes with 22.

College FootballThe 2014 season continues to marvel each

and every one of us with some of the bizarre games, finishes and plays of last week. This Sat-urday, the schedule is highlighted by the enor-mous game between No. 1 ranked Mississippi State and No. 4 Alabama. The highly anticipated

matchup has huge implications on the 2014 sea-son of college football.

First, the SEC West Division has the two teams 1-2 with the winner taking the lead pos-sibly for good. Secondly, the winner has an al-most clear cut waltz into the SEC Championship Game scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 6. Thirdly, national rankings will take a big topsy-turvy roll, especially with an Alabama victory over the top ranked Bulldogs. This is the biggest battle between the two schools in history. I say, hold on for dear life on this one!

TV schedule for this week includes Clem-son-Georgia Tech (11:00 a.m.-ESPN), South Carolina-Florida (11:00 a.m.-SEC), Miss State-Alabama (2:30 p.m.-Channel 19), Nebraska-

Wisconsin (2:30 p.m.-Channel 31), Kentucky-Tennessee (3:00 p.m.-SEC), Auburn-Georgia (6:15 p.m.-ESPN), Missouri-Texas A&M (6:30 p.m.-SEC), Florida State-Miami (7:00 p.m.-Channel 31) and LSU-Arkansas (7:00 p.m.-ESPN2).

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Blake Polson, a senior center for the Patriots, was named BancorpSouth Bob Jones Player of the Week for the Oct. 30 game. Blake is the son of Kim and Greg Polson of Madison. Pictured left to right: Coach Kevin Rose, Blake and Shawn R. Mertz, Assistant Vice President at the Hwy 72 BancorpSouth Branch. Congratulations!

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Jarek Taylor, a senior cornerback for the Patriots, was named this week’s BancorpSouth Bob Jones Player of the Week in the Nov. 7th game. Jarek is the son of Robert and Ivan Taylorof Madison. Pictured left to right: Coach Kevin Rose,Jarek and Paula Bradford, Vice President and Manager of the at the 41 Hughes Road Ban-corpSouth Branch. Congratulations!

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Matt Trulock, a senior kicker for the Patriots, was named the BancorpSouth Bob Jones High School Player of the Week. Matt was instrumental in the Patriots’ 51-17 win over James Clemens in the Madison Bowl on September 6. Matt is the son of Troy and Dana Trulock. Pictured above, left to right: Coach Kevin Rose; Matt Trulock and Paula Bradford, Branch Manager at the BancorpSouth Hughes Rd location. Congratulations!

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“How fast this night comes.” James Clemens head football coach Wade Waldrop made the re-mark as a testimony on how fast it seemed the 2014 high school football season flew past when the Jets’ football team held its annual Football Banquet last week in the school cafeteria. Post-ing an eye-opening record of 7-4 this season, including a spot in the post-season playoffs, the team featured 24 seniors, whom Waldrop said, “Have experienced everything this program has gone through since it began three seasons ago. These seniors are the foundation for this school and this football program.”

Butch Parris, president of the Jets TD Club, was host for the evening of recognition and cel-ebration for the school’s third season of play. The evening’s festivities began with an innova-tion by junior linebacker Mutazz Muhammad followed by a festive meal featuring steak and chicken.

The school’s head athletic trainer, Daniel Clark, described and introduced all of the stu-dent trainers who helped in providing medical assistance for the team in 2014. Each received a plaque of recognition.

Each player in all the classes was then called up for a certificate presentation by Waldrop. The 24 seniors were highlighted with special presentations of individual red bricks from the school with each players’ name inscribed upon it. Waldrop spoke of the senior class that have been with the program since its beginning from the bare necessities to making the playoffs this season.

“This group never had a group of players in front of them to show where they were going. They never had the chance to see until they ex-perienced,” said Waldrop in his second season as head coach. “These guys had to learn how to lead by doing. They paved the way for those who will follow them. This group stood up to

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The first round of the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s football playoffs was a sour experience for both Bob Jones and James Clemens as each school was defeated in games last Friday night. Both the Patriots and Jets played in the first-ever Class 7A state playoffs. Meanwhile, the Madison Academy Mustangs took another step closer to defend its state championship in Class 3A action.

Tuscaloosa County vs. Bob JonesHosting its first-round playoff game at the

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“Our team played hard and gave a great ef-fort, but we didn’t make the plays necessary to

win the game,” said Kevin Rose head coach of Bob Jones.

Patriots’ starting quarterback Brady Polson injured the thumb of his throwing hand on the game’s first series. The injury caused swelling and lots of discomfort for the sophomore signal caller, thus causing for errant throws throughout the contest against the Wildcats. Polson had five interceptions on the night, including three in the Wildcats end zone. The last one coming on fourth down with 25-seconds remaining in the game after Bob Jones linebacker Carson Styles blocked a Tuscaloosa County punt giving the Patriots the ball at the Wildcats’ nine yard line with one minute remaining.

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Yasanka Chalasani of James Clemens and Sydney Homan of Madison Academy were se-lected as state finalists. One male and one fe-male from Alabama will represent the state in the national compettion. Wendy’s will select 12 national finalists from the pool of state winners who go on to compete for the national title in New York City Dec. 12.

Chalasani was awarded the Boys State Title and thus will be among the state winners in the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award.

“I’m very surprised as I didn’t think I would make it past being named the school winner,” said Homan, senior tennis player and three-time defending state champion for the Mustangs. “My recognition indicates I’ve been able to work hard and have been able to balance tennis and academics.”

Chalasani, 17, is the team captain and plays No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles with his partner Bradley Demirjian for the James Clemens tennis team, plus he participates as the No. 3 runner for the school’s cross country team. He has taken to the tennis racket for seven years while hitting the cross country trek for the past two years.

“I’m definitely humbled to be among the spe-cial group of student-athletes in Alabama for the Wendy’s Heisman,” said Chalasani, the senior who is among the top five in his class with a 4.82 GPA. “I’m one of four seniors on our team and I believe we’ll do well in our season next spring.”

For Homan, the 17-year old senior at Madi-son Academy has been a mainstay in local tennis since she took up the sport only after trying other sports such as soccer, golf and ballet. Not only is she the reigning state champion in high school, but is also ranked No. 2 in girls 18’s for Alabama as part of the United States Tennis Association.

In the classroom, Homan carries a 4.10 GPA.

She said she struggles with her schedule to make sure neither her classwork nor athletic talents falter in any way. She added, “I sometimes stay up late at night to study for tests. But if I won the whole thing with Wendy’s that would be

Two area athletes named state finalists for 2014

Wendy’s Heisman Award

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Yasanka Chalasani

Sydney Homan




The 2014 season of high school swimming and diving is winding down with the Alabama High School Athletic Association Sectionals sched-uled for this weekend. The North Sec-tional will be held in Huntsville at the City Natatorium with Huntsville High the official host for the last meet prior to the Dec. 12 and 13 State Meet in Auburn.

The Bob Jones and James Clemens swim and diving teams were busy last week in preparation for the upcom-ing North Sectional. The two Class 7A squads participated in two huge annual meets. The first was held at Dublin Memorial Park with the James Clemens Invitational. The second was held at the Huntsville Natatorium with the SportsMED Invitational. Grissom High acted as team host.

Mike Gunner, head coach for Bob Jones said, “Here it is, November. No excuses, just sacrifices and leaning on each other. It’s all about accomplish-

ing something together. It’s grit and grind time.”

At the James Clemens Invitational, a split for team winners between the two Madison City schools. In the Boys Division, Bob Jones was tops in the team standings with 150 points. James Clemens was second with 118 points. The remainder of the team standings included Scottsboro 86, Randolph 58, Pope John Paul 38, Boaz 31, Spark-man 17 and Columbia 6.

Bob Jones individual winners in-cluded 200 Medley Relay- Chris Bur-rows, Andrew Sterns, Andrey Tretya-kov and Chris Day; 200 IM- Andrew Sterns; 100-Fly- Andrey Tretyakov; 100 Free- Chris Day; 200 Free Re-lay- Andrew Sterns, Andrey Tretya-kov, Byron He and Derek Sander; 100 backstroke- Andrey Tretyakov; 400 Free Relay- Chris Burrows, Byron He, Chris Day and Derek Sander.

James Clemens picked up one in-dividual winner as Andrew Shea won the 100 backstroke.

In the Girls Division, the host team of James Clemens was on top with 132 points followed by Bob Jones

with 122 points. The remainder of the standings showed Scottsboro 61, Ran-dolph 51, Pope John Paul 46, Spark-man 39, Boaz 19 and Columbia 6.

Individual winners from James Clemens were 50 Free and 100 But-terfly- Annabel King; 200 Medley Relay- Grace Forrest, Christina Tar-sitano, Mackenzie Holtcamp and An-nabel King.

For Bob Jones, winners included: 200 IM- Devin Campbell; 100-Free- Claire Munster; 500 Free- Devin Campbell; 100 Backstroke- Grace Palenapa; 200 Free Relay- JoAnn Ste-vens, Anna Grace Pell, Claire Mun-ster and Devin Campbell; 400 Re-lay- JoAnn Stevens, Anna Grace Pell, Claire Munster and Devin Campbell.

In the SportsMED Meet, the two squads again split the winning honors with Bob Jones taking the boy’s divi-sion with James Clemens second fol-lowed by Huntsville, Scottsboro and Grissom.

In the girl’s division, the Jets mauled the competition by taking first place with Athens in second. The re-mainder of the top five teams featured

Huntsville, Bob Jones and Grissom.Combined scores, Bob Jones was

on top with 698 points with James Clemens second with 628 points. Huntsville was third with 599 points.

For the Lady Jets, Sarah Bradberry took first in the diving event and An-drew Shea of James Clemens won the 100-backstroke event in boys.

For Bob Jones, the Patriots had numerous first-place finishers. Those included in boys- 200 Medley Relay- Chris Burrows, Andrew Sterns, An-drey Tretyakov, and Chris Day; 200

Free- Derek Sander; 200 IM- Andrew Sterns; 100-Fly- Andrey Tretyakov; 100 Free- Derek Sander; 200 Free Relay- Andrey Tretyakov, Andrew Sterns, Byron He and Derek Sander; 400 Free Relay- Chris Burrows, By-ron He, Chris Day and Derek Sander.

In girl’s action, the Lady Patriots had these first place finishers: 200 Free- Claire Munster; 200 IM- Devin Campbell, 100 Free- Claire Munster; 400 Free Relay- Devin Campbell, Anna Grace Pell, JoAnne Stevens and Claire Munster.

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Epic Night

First grader Mya Saleh checks out the mummy keeping

guard outside a classroom featuring Egypt.School Guidance Counelor Patti Bill, dressed in tradi-tional Vietnam clothing, stamps kindergarten Dylan Dolley’s passport.

Aidalis Colon enjoys wrapping her son, Edrian Cabrera, 1st grade, up like a mummy.Dressed in traditional Egyptian clothing, Davan

Duglax, kindergarten, enjoys traveling to Brazil and tasting Brazil Rainforest Dip being served by Lucy Pavao, kindergarten teacher.

Bill Aldrup, Larry Focht, and Ken Reed, Audio Radiance Barbar Shop Quartet, enter-

tain students Bryce Legue, Bryson Drummond, and Rian Edwards. Fourth member,

Jerry Willhoite, was just out of camera range.

A visitor marvels at one of the many student-

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Saturday is always hopping at area parks in Madison. Besides the soccer, baseball and lacrosse action, there is always plenty of football going on. The American Youth Football League in Madison has been in full swing for a few weeks. These photos are from some of Saturday’s action. Thanks to Tim Ballentine with Take Your Pic Photography for sharing these. For more, go to www.typsports.com.

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Free- Derek Sander; 200 IM- Andrew Sterns; 100-Fly- Andrey Tretyakov; 100 Free- Derek Sander; 200 Free Relay- Andrey Tretyakov, Andrew Sterns, Byron He and Derek Sander; 400 Free Relay- Chris Burrows, By-ron He, Chris Day and Derek Sander.

In girl’s action, the Lady Patriots had these first place finishers: 200 Free- Claire Munster; 200 IM- Devin Campbell, 100 Free- Claire Munster; 400 Free Relay- Devin Campbell, Anna Grace Pell, JoAnne Stevens and Claire Munster.

Area swimmers are making quite a splash as season nears end



The 2013-2014 version of the Bob Jones boys’ basketball team resembled a bouncing ball. There was highs and lows throughout the campaign, which ended with a 19-12 record. The new season is now upon the Patriots and third year head coach Graham Aderholt warns of simi-lar inconsistencies only the reasons will be the fact the beginning games will not feature some outstanding talent due to those players remaining in the football program.

“The starting lineup at the beginning of the season is not important as we await the football players to make their way to the hardwood and our team,” said Aderholt. “We are a fundamen-tally sound team and with hard work can be very good.”

The 2014-2015 version of the Patriots will feature five seniors, four juniors, one sophomore and two freshman. One of the key returning se-niors is Dalton Barkley. The 6-foot-7 forward

has verbally committed to a UAH scholarship and will sign with the Chargers soon. Aderholt said Barkley will be the main leader on this very experienced squad. “He’s a leader on the team. What makes him difficult to defend is the fact he can go inside, as well as, on the perimeter as he can do it all,” said Aderholt.

“I grew up with basketball in the recreational leagues and attending skills camps, so I feel con-fident I can handle whatever will come my way from our opponents,” said Barkley. “Our team should be much improved over last year’s team. We’ll be solid in our fundamentals.”

Aderholt is looking for more outstanding play from seniors J.D. Sims (6-3) and Ryan Dupree (6-1), both of whom were important players in last year’s team. He’s also looking to leader-ship play from juniors Jonathan Moss (6-0) and Devontae Mason (6-2).

What mixes well with what Aderholt already has from last year’s team is the arrival of trans-fer Deondre Douglas who has been an outstand-ing player for the BJHS football team since ar-riving on campus from rival James Clemens.

“He is so athletic he can be a lot of things for our team,” said Aderholt of the 6-3 Douglas.

“We have good ball handlers, a lot of leader-ship coming from that guard position,” said se-nior Dupree. “I think our guards will handle the team and get it done.”

Ryan Scruggs, one of the five seniors, agrees with Dupree in the assessment of the talented number of guards the Patriots will have at its beckon call. “We have a lot of big guards who can muscle the others out of the way allowing us to play our game,” said Scruggs, 6-3. “We have a lot of people on the perimeter that can knock down the shots.”

Throughout off-season workouts and fall practice Aderholt has stressed to his players each has to take responsibility and be consistent to a higher level this year to turn things around for the Patriots. He added, “We can’t take a night off, though we have a lot of depth on this team.”

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In a recent pre-season scrimmage against Johnson, the level of intensity was extremely high for the James Clemens boys’ basketball team. The reason is the new coaching staff the program has in longtime coach Danny Petty and his assistant Howard Pride.

“I’m fortunate to have lots of help and if we’re all on the same page this will be a fun year,” said Petty.

In his 41st season as head coach, Petty came to the Jets during the summer from Bob Jones where he coached both the boys and girls pro-grams during his tenure with the Patriots. Petty begins the 2013-2014 campaign just 17 victories short of 700 (683-344). Although he once stated he was hoping to retire from coaching while at Bob Jones, the 63-year old Petty is claiming again his current school of employment will be his last. This time he may really mean it.

“Even with four seniors on this year’s team

we’re very inexperienced as all of these seniors played junior varsity last year here at James Clemens,” said Petty. “James Clemens won the Class 6A Area 15 title last season, but this is a new beginning, not only for me, but for all of this program.”

Only one starter returns from that squad from a season ago. Six-foot shooting guard junior Trai James is being looked upon to be a floor leader for the Jets, which was 23-9 last season. “I do feel comfortable and after a few games we’ll begin to jell and our team will come together,” said Mason. “Last year, I was really the only ball handler, but his year we have a lot more players than can handle the ball and make plays.”

Making the plays is exactly what Petty coach-es, believes and expects of his team. He’s aware his squad is on a learning stage and success won’t come over night. “We have so many ways this team can go as we have lots of options,” said Petty. “I don’t know how they’ll react when the court lights come on.”

Besides the four seniors, the Jets will carry seven juniors and one lone sophomore on its

roster.Marquis Mitchell is one of those juniors who

is expected to step up and be a basketball man once the whistle blows to start the latest basket-ball campaign. “Our off-season work with Coach Petty was intense as not only did we really get into the weights and conditioning, but we learned Coach Petty’s style and his systems,” said the 6-foot-1 Mitchell. “We learned things about him, himself. Now, everyone is buying into what he wants and it’s all good.”

James agreed. “Our style should be balanced scoring with good guard play and strong re-bounding.”

Joel Logan (6-5) senior forward can also shoot the three-pointers. Six-seven junior forward Ja-son Landman (6-7) transferred to James Clem-ens from Arab, so he’s a little bit of an unknown on the team. Senior R.J. Williams (6-2) will play guard, though he did not even play basketball a year ago. Joshua Besteda (6-2) can shoot, 6-3 wing player Zach Hancock can move and left-handed shooter Josh Garth (6-5) should add a

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Petty begins 41st year of coaching with a new team

Inexperienced Jets start season with a very experienced coach

Head Coach Danny Petty starts his first season as the head coach over the Jets. Photo by Bob Labbe

High School BasketballThe prep season of basketball is now un-

derway. I have previews of both Bob Jones and James Clemens elsewhere in this week’s edition of the Madison Weekly News. I’ll have both Sparkman and Madison Academy previews next week.

When you attend your first high school game this season don’t be shocked to see some unusual action underneath the boards on foul shots as a new rule was implement-ed this year among high school across the country.

Players in marked lane spaces will be able to move into the lane when the ball is released by the free-throw shooter. Previ-ously, players could not release until the ball touched the ring or until the free throw ended. As a high school basketball referee myself, I had to get accustomed to the new rule through officiating several AAU type tournaments this summer. It was certainly different for me as a referee, but after a few games it has become a natural look during foul shots.

In all, there were four changes in high school basketball rules for this season. The only one that could make an impact on the game directly for players, coaches and fans is Article 12 to Rule 10-6: the following acts will constitute a foul when committed against a ball handler/dribbler- 1) placing two hands on player, 2) placing an extended arm on the player, 3) placing or keeping a hand on the player and 4) contacting the player more than once with the same hand or alternating hands.

The changes were made in an attempt to eliminate excessive contact on ball-handlers and dribblers outside of the lane area. Many times high school players watch the action in the NBA, which allows players to be al-most mugged before a foul is called. The young players are seeing that and think they, too, can play like the pros. Sad.

Huntsville HavocThe hockey team gets back into the con-

fines of its home ice of the Von Braun center this Saturday against Fayetteville. First puck is at 7:30 p.m.

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REVIEWContinued from page 10couldn’t get the ball to our receiver and the pass was intercepted.”

In the first quarter, Polson did hit Jonathan Rice on a 16-yard TD pass to put Bob Jones on top. Polson found Rice again in the second quarter on a six-yard pass and hit Deondre Douglas on an 11-yard pass midway through the third quarter. The 21-points weren’t enough as the Wildcats scored four times, the last com-

ing with just five minutes remaining.Miles Strickland accounted for most of the

Patriots offense on the ground covering 96 yards on 26 carries. Polson finished the contest hitting 16 of 34 passes for 170-yards.

“We had 27 seniors on this squad, but we also used a lot of young players, including one freshman, and I thought we did well consider-ing the youth we had to rely on due to some

injuries to more experienced players throughout the season,” said Rose. “I feel good with what we accomplished. I believe if we would have stayed healthy throughout the season we possi-bly would had a better outcome on the year. We were sort of fortunate to win several key games, but we did a good job when we needed to.”

James Clemens vs. Oak MountainIn the school’s first-ever playoff appear-

ance the James Clemens Jets were nipped by the home Eagles, which scored 39 unanswered points in defeating the visiting Jets 60-43.

“We played a near perfect first half and we were as focused as best I’ve seen us this sea-son,” said Wade Waldrop head coach of James Clemens as it led 35-13 at halftime. “We had three key players injured in the first half and that sort of hurt us as the game went on.”

The matchup against the No. 4 ranked Eagles featured six scoring plays of 50-yards or more. James Clemens had 610-yards of total offense while Oak Mountain had 540-yards. The Jets also suffered four turnovers in the second half adding fuel to the fire of the second half debacle as Oak Mountain outscored the Jets 47 to 8 in the second half.

Waldrop said he saw some glimpse of what the James Clemens program could be, but he added, “We need to learn how to play all four quarters of a game. The turnovers we had gave Oak Mountain the short field. They scored three times in a two-minute span in the third quarter due to our turnovers. Things just didn’t go the way we wanted it to.”

James Clemens junior quarterback Heath Burchfield had close to 400-yards through the air hitting 20 of 33 passes.

James Clemens completed the season at 7-4 in its third season of play.

“We’re proud of what we did as a team, though disappointed with the final game,” said Waldrop. “Where we are as a program is on track to where we want to go. The 24 seniors built this program. They didn’t get to live on someone else’s coat tails.”

Winston County vs. Madison AcademyAccording to Eric Cohu, head coach of the

Madison Academy Mustangs, the team’s 56-7 shellacking of visiting Winston County in the first-round of the Class 3A state playoffs, “We broke the ice for the playoffs and now get into high-intensity games from now on.”

The No. 1 ranked and two-time defend-ing 3A state champion Mustangs (10-1) had two running backs rush for over 100-yards and one more who came within an eyelash of the century mark on the ground. In all, Madi-son Academy had over 550-yards of offense. The trio of runners taking the spotlight for the Mustangs were Kerryon Johnson (125-yards, 2 TDs), Kishawn Matthews (140-yards) and Ma-lik Miller (95-yards). Senior quarterback Blake Coward contributed 110-yards and two touch-downs through the air.

“We came out of the gate quick and piled up a lot yards and some quick scores in the early part of the game as we lead 49-nothing at half-time,” added Cohu. “Our guys showed their pose and did their jobs. We used many young players as backups in the second half.”

The Mustangs will host Piedmont (8-3) in round two of the playoffs this Friday with kick-off set for 7 p.m.

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only team last season that challenged the Mus-tangs in winning its second consecutive 3A state championship.

“This is a big showdown this week against Piedmont,” said Cohu. “The school has a long standing winning football program and every year the players are well coached and have out-standing skilled players.”

While scoring over 400-points on the season, Piedmont utilizes distribution to several players on offense. With what Madison Academy pos-

sess on offense and bring to the line of scrim-mage on defense, the second-round playoff game is one of great matchups up and down the line and at skilled positions.

Madison Academy has walloped its opponents with nearly 50-points per game while giving up a little more than 10-points an outing. Even if the Mustangs win this game against Piedmont, the way the post-season playoff format is set up, this will most likely be the final home game of 2014 for the two-time defending 3A state champion.

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touch to the squad that is young, but hungry.Petty is also very excited about a freshman

who may get some playing time should he con-tinue to excel. Jaylen Taylor will play point guard if he makes it to the varsity team. Listening to Petty, you get the sense Taylor is already there. “He’s fearless and is gonna be the real deal.”

James Clemens lost it two leading scorers to graduation from a season ago and two others transferred. With a new head coach and top as-

sistant, the Jets are revving up its engines that have been completely overhauled.

“It’s all new, but we’ll make a big run with wins and we’ll be alright,” said James.

“We haven’t seen Coach Petty in the fire of a game, but I’m excited and ready to get things going,” added Mitchell.

If the pre-season scrimmage was any indica-tion, the Jets will roar loudly and will need other teams to clear the landing strip for their arrival.

cool and well worth the effort.”Chalasani is looking for a spot on a college

tennis team, but wants to attend a college where he can earn a degree in the medical field. He volunteers at Huntsville Hospital and the Ameri-can Red Cross and is a big part of the Student Government Association. He’s been chosen as a National Merit Semifinalist.

“I was hoping to just be a representative of James Clemens in the Wendy’s Heisman event,” said Chalasani, who stands 6-foot. “I hope to go on to the next round. That would be great.”

The Wendy’s High School Heisman Program honors those exceptional student-athletes. Na-tional Finalists will be featured in a national TV ceremony on ESPN on Dec. 12.

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every challenge they’ve chosen to face.”Twelve players were recognized for their part

of the squad’s Leadership Team. The athletes were “change agents” in helping the program make changes and to be different.Team Awards

Assistant coaches joined Waldrop in present-ing the array of awards, some of which were voted on by the players.

Scholar Athlete: John Jenkins- 4.5 GPA. “Highest GPA coaches have ever been a part of.”

Practice Like You Play: Davis Bowman- “Favorite of the coaching staff and does what’s needed.”

Jet Awards: Jake Bickel- “More snaps than any other player.”; Michael Marlow- “Turned into one of the most critical players on the team.”; Andrew Nelson- “Chosen because for his type of influential leadership.”

Most Improved: Justin Jamar and Tarique Wade- “Program guys. Improved every day.”

Iron Man: Miles Whitlow, Jordan Sogers and Javan Henderson- “Tough award to receive.

Active players from start to finish through the off-season.”

Lineman of the Year: Jordan Sogers and LaBryan Ray- “Success and failure fall on line play and these guys make personal sacrifices for team.”

Special Teams MVP: Will Grochowski- “Does things different, but gets things done.”

Defensive MVP: Dylan Hampton and Khalil McDonald- “Good people the entire team can count on.”

Offensive MVP: Maceo Booker and Miles Whitlow- “Voted on by the players and two of the hardest working players on squad.”

MVP: Maceo Booker- “Voted on by his peers, which makes the award even more spe-cial. Heart and soul of the team. Grew up in the three years he’s been here. Leads through en-ergy and passion. Improves those around him.”

Captains: Dylan Hampton, Miles Whitlow, Jordan Sogers and Logan Stenberg- “Over-whelmingly stood out from others on the team. These are spot-on forever captains for this pro-gram.”

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Discovery Middle School honored veterans in a schoolwide “Tribute to Heroes” assembly on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

That it fell on national election day was entirely fitting. Voting is one of the cornerstone rights our veterans have fought and died for. This was the third annual veterans tribute at Discovery – a day in which veterans are invited to a school breakfast and then treated to a patriotic Thank You ceremony in the gym. The veterans came from all branches of service and from eras rang-ing from WW II to the present. Two of the visitors, 94-year-old Sherwin Cal-lander and 92-year-old Vernon O. Wild-er Jr., served in Pearl Harbor and Iwo Jima respectively.

The Discovery choral and band per-formed several appropriate music selec-tions, including a somber rendition of Taps. Cheer and dance team members concluded a routine with a lineup that

spelled out “God Bless America! Thank You” on the backs of their shirts.

The audience got a good sense of how military-connected Discovery is when students from military families took part in a wreath laying. The line stretched entirely across the gym floor. The keynote student speaker, Mitchell Daly, has already lived in Texas, Korea, Italy, Pennsylvania, Colorado, North and South Virginia and now Alabama from his Army parent’s assignments.

Here is what some Discovery students said about veterans in the program:

“Someone who provides the blanket of freedom that I sleep under at night.”

“Someone who may not want to leave their family, but leaves because they put others before theirself.”

“A veteran is you. Someone who spent years defending and protecting our nation. Thank you does not even

DMS studentssay “Thank You’

to our heros

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Just a week before Veterans Day, two men who served their country during World War II met for the first time at an assem-bly at Discovery Middle School. It was the school’s third annual Tribute to Heroes event to honor veterans.

Amidst the celebration, a new friendship bloomed between the two WWII veterans in an understanding that, perhaps, can only be shared by people who experienced the war.

At 9:00 a.m., World War II veterans Sherwin Callander and Vernon Wilder, Jr., slowly made their way into the school gym-nasium to watch the program. They had just finished a nice breakfast in the school library and were seated next to each other in the gym.

They didn’t know each other before the gathering.

It was an emotional event, featuring patri-otic music by the Discovery Middle School Band and Choir and dancing by the school cheerleaders and dance line.

It culminated in a moving presentation of a yellow wreath by students from military families, with Taps playing in the back-ground.

Everyone stood and saluted.After it was all said and done, the school

children personally thanked the veterans.

Although they were strangers just two hours before, Callander and Wilder already seemed like old friends.

Callander said to Wilder, “You’s a kid.”“I feel like it,” Wilder said back with a

smile.Callandar is 94 years old. Wilder is 91.

Both were moved to tears by the children’s tribute to veterans.

Wilder said, “I think we ought to all salute

Friendship blooms between two WWII veterans at event

Sherwin Callander and Vernon Wilder, Jr.,

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Hundreds of people joined a crowd of veter-ans Friday morning for the 9th Annual Veterans Prayer Breakfast at the Hogan Family YMCA.

After a hot breakfast, the Huntsville Police Department’s “Blue Notes 5″ performed a trib-ute to the veterans.

Three World War II veterans were among the veterans to attend, as well as Silver Star recipi-ent Phillip Fikes.

Guest speaker LTG Patricia McQuistion, Deputy Commanding General of the Army Materiel Command, spoke to the crowd and ex-plained Veterans Day came about to mark the end of World War I. She reflected on a visit to Normandy and recalled the beauty of the ceme-tery and the sacrifice millions of soldiers made.

She also described a visit to Korea, saying it’s hard to find a veteran willing to talk about what they experienced.

McQuistion also recalled a meeting with a member of the Tuskegee Airman who shared memories about fighting for the country and still battling for civil rights.

She urged people to support veterans and reach out to them to offer help.

After her speech, there was a presentation of

Service to Veterans Awards.Then, Richard Reyes, President of the North

Alabama Veteran and Fraternal Organizations

Coalition, with help from Madison Mayor Troy Trulock, presented a Silver Star Banner to four Purple Heart recipients.

Each year in November the Semper Fi Com-munity Task Force of North Alabama (SFCTF) is honored to be the host for Heroes Week.

Guests arrived Thursday in two rounds at Huntsville International airport. They were met with many flags, much fanfare, pomp and cir-cumstance.

2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the Viet-nam War. A small group of Vietnam Purple Heart recipients will be included in this year’s event along with the current generation of wounded and injured heroes. 70 guests repre-senting all service branches from all over the United States made their way to North Alabama for a week of relaxation and recognition.

Often, these warriors and their families do not receive the welcome that so many of our military are given after returning home. These American heroes were in hospitals, recovering from injuries received in the line of duty while their units completed deployment and returned to a heroes’ welcome.

By Lt. Col. KEVIN CLINEThe Redstone Rocket

Once a Soldier, always a Soldier.Brig. Gen. Neil Thurgood, program execu-

tive officer for missiles and space, presented Pfc. Philip Alterizio, a WWII veteran who served in the 113th Infantry and the 103rd Division Military Police, with a Soldier for Life insignia at his Madison home Oct. 29. The Soldier for Life insignia acknowledges service and sacrifice, as well as contribu-tions beyond the battlefield, for veterans who strengthen our communities and the nation.

Alterizio is a recipient of the French Le-gion of Honor, France’s highest honor pre-sented to him by France’s Counsel General on behalf of the French president Nicolas Sarkozy. At the Legion of Honor ceremony, the Counsel General reflected, “For years we felt hopeless but you Soldiers never quit. You brought us hope.”

In WWII and today, hope is provided by the Soldier on the ground. Alterizio reflected on the poor state of readiness of the military at the onset of WWII.

“We still had propeller planes for recon-naissance and horse drawn artillery, not many people remember the beginning of the war,” Alterizio said. The Soldiers on the ground fought with what they had, coupled with determination and a refusal for defeat.

Alterizio, 92, still embraces the Army values of today. He gets up every morning at 5:30 for physical training, and walks one mile every day, except Sunday. He makes time to raise the American flag every morn-ing and lowers it daily at dusk. He is hap-

Madison WWII veteran honored

as Soldier for Life

Hundreds attend Veterans Prayer Breakfast

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ART OF DRAWING - Madison Elementary students got a wonderful orientation to the art of drawing Nov. 5. Michael White, an illustrator from Atlanta, entertained kids with jokes and insights into forming drawing ideas. The school’s PTA funded his appearance. Mr. White sketched and airbrushed characters on an easel while giving them tricks of the trade. He has illustrated numerous popular childrens’ books, including The Library Dragon, Harriet’s Horrible Hair Day, The Secret of Old Zeb and others. Photos show Mr. White with his illustration of a Hornet (the school mascot for MES) and engaging students to draw.

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THURSDAY, NOV. 13PLAY: PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILEWed.-Sat. 7:30 PM and Sun. 2:30 PMUAHuntsvilleChan Auditorium Huntsville(256) 824-6871

CIVIL WAR PRESENTATION:LINCOLN AND HIS ADMIRALS6:30 PMThe Elks Club725 Franklin, north entrance Huntsvill(256) 278-5533 No admission chargedPresented by Craig Symonds.

VOICES OF OUR TIMES: FRANCES MAYESHuntsville Museum of Art300 Church Street Huntsville, AL 35801(256) 535-4350Admission charged

Join New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, Frances Mayes, for a talk and book signing.

FRIDAY, NOV. 14CONCERT: ASSAD BROTHERS7:30 PMTrinity United Methodist Church607 Airport Road Huntsville(256) 489-7415Admission charged

This electrifying Brazilian guitar duet includes classical as well as folk, jazz and Latin music in their repertoire.

FRIDAY NIGHT ARTIST MARKET5-8 PMLowe Mill Arts and EntertainmentFlying Monkey Theater, Second Floor2211 Seminole Drive Huntsville(256) 489-7000 No admission charged

Featuring open artist studios and independent shops, hallway demonstrations and performance, re-laxed open houses and a strong sense of community and connectedness.

PLAY: OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODSFri.-Sat. 7:30 PM and Sun. 2 PMVon Braun CenterPlayhouse, 700 Monroe Street Huntsville256) 536-0807Admission charged

Nick is a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to Florida but he sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner. This is routine until he has to tell them that he’s been offered a dream job that would take him to Seattle. The news doesn’t sit well. Thus begins a series of schemes to keep Nick around and that includes invit-ing the lovely and single Caitlin O’Hare to Sunday dinner. Will their plans work?

RANDOM ACTS OF INTELLIGENCE6-8 PMU.S. Space and Rocket CenterOne Tranquility Base Huntsville(256) 837-3400Admission charged

Come and get to know five of the most fun and suc-cessful educators on YouTube including C.G.P. Grey, Numberphile, Minute Physics, Smarter Every Day and

Veritasium. Enjoy panel discussions, science demon-strations, meet and greet and live music.

SYMPHONY CLASSICAL SERIES #27:30 PM VBC Concert Hall, 700 Monroe Street Huntsville(256) 539-4818Admission charged

Huntsville Symphony OrchestraEnjoy “And the Beat Goes On.”

SATURDAY, NOV. 15CIVIL WAR PRESENTATION: LINCOLN AND HIS ADMIRALS6:30 PMHistoric Cooper House405 Randolph Avenue Huntsville (256) 278-5533 No admission charged

Presented by Craig Symonds.

DOWNTOWN DISH: HUNTSVILLE FOOD TOUR11 AM-2 PM Various restaurants in downtown HuntsvilleBegins near Holmes Avenue and Greene Street exact loca-tion provided with ticket purchase (800) 656-0713 Admission charged

This guided walking tour winds through Huntsville’s historic downtown streets and parks, visiting six unique food tasting locations. Reservations required.

DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR WITH ARTIST MICAH GREGGSat, 10 AMHarrison Brothers Hardware124 South Side Square Huntsville,No Admission Charged

Tour Downtown Huntsville’s Secret Art Project with Art-ist Micah Gregg. Learn about his “Beyond Neptune” metal sculpture series displayed on alleys and secret passages in downtown Huntsville.

EXHIBIT: GRANDMA MOSES: VISIONS OF AMERICATimes: Tues.-Sat. 11 AM-4 PM, Thurs. 11 AM-8 PM and Sun. 1-4 PM (closed Mon.)

Huntsville Museum of Art300 Church Street Huntsville(256) 535-4350Admission charged

The exhibit will feature original paintings borrowed from institutional collections nationwide and Galerie Street, Etienne, New York, the gallery that has repre-sented Grandma Moses since 1940. This exhibit will take place until March 1, 2015.

KRISPY KREME CHALLENGE8 AMProvidence Classical School605 Clinton Avenue Huntsville(256) 859-4900Admission charged for the race, free to spectators

Run 2 miles from the start line in beautiful downtown Huntsville to Krispy Kreme on North Memorial Parkway; eat 1 dozen donuts; run 2 miles back to the finish line...all in one hour.

MADISON CITY FARMERS MARKET9 AM-Noon Trinity Baptist Church1088 Hughes Road Madison(256) 656-7841No admission charged

Come early for the best selection of local produce, eggs, meats, home-baked goods, fresh herbs, honey and goat cheese. Come see creations from local artisans in-cluding hand-made cards, soaps, lotions and other items.

MONTE SANO YOUNG/KENNEDY TRAIL10 AM901 Kennamer Drive Huntsville, AL 35801(256) 534-5263No admission charged

Join David Young on the trail honoring his 26 years of volunteer service. You’ll see smokewood groves and many fossils from the ocean that covered North Alabama millions of years ago. Take California to Hermitage. Go over five speed bumps then turn left onto Kennamer Drive. The Three Caves lot is just past the park and pool.

PLANETARIUM SHOW: SATURDAY NIGHT PUBLIC PROGRAMSDoors open at 7 PM, program at 7:30 PMMonte Sano Planetarium, beside the Country Grocery

Store and Camp Ground Huntsville, AL 35801(256) 539-0316Admission charged

Our Von Braun Astronomical Society members and guest speakers present a variety of astronomy related programs in our Planetarium.Weather permitting, you’ll enjoy viewing the night sky through our telescopes.

ROCKET CITY RAILFEST10 AM-2 PM Huntsville Jaycee Building2180 Airport Road Huntsville(256) 679-5146Admission charged

Enjoy layouts featuring painstakingly detailed min-iature trains ranging from the large HO-scale to the di-minutive N-scale. Each layout takes countless hours to produce.

SANTA ARRIVES AT MADISON SQUARE MALL Regular mall hoursMadison Square Mall(256) 830-5407No admission charged

Santa will be arriving with fun and festivities for chil-dren of all ages. His holiday home will be in the center court.

STORY TIME WITH SANTA10 AMMadison Square Mall (256) 830-5407 No admission charged

Santa will arrive at his holiday home in the center court of the mall and will host a brief story time with children.

SUNDAY, NOV. 16DINNER DIVERTIMENTO 5:30 PMEarlyWorks Children’s MuseumGrand Hall, 404 Madison Street Huntsville(256) 539-4818

Wine, dinner, and outstanding musical entertain-ment.


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5:30 - 7:30 pmHuntsville Botanical Garden4747 Bob Wallace Avenue256-830-4447 ex. 290Admission charged

The walking route will conclude with a walk through part of the Garden itself. After strolling around Little Smith Lake you will go past the Children’s Garden entrance, visit the Washio Ishii Bonsai House display of the Garden’s 25-year timeline and see the Garden Railway decorated and lit up.


By Christy JordanSouthernPlate.com

From September 2013

Editor’s Note: This is a post from December 2009, but very timely for the cold weather heading our way this week.

I’ll never forget the first time I had home-made, real, hot chocolate, made on the stove and not with a mix. Although we made our own mix from scratch (and it was delicious) there was just something about that extra chocolaty decadence of classic hot chocolate, with that little extra bit of cocoa lingering for the last sip that had me hooked.

A while back the folks from Domino sugar contacted me to ask if I’d like to feature Dom-ino sugar on Southern Plate, they asked if I’d use one of their recipes on their handy dandy recipe site as well. I had planned on bringing y’all homemade hot cocoa for a while now but I usually make it without a recipe and had yet to take the time to measure everything out. Lo and behold, Domino did that for me so why mess with perfection? After you make this a time or two with their recipe, you’ll likely settle into just eyeballing it like I do. Either way you go, though, you just can’t beat a cup of homemade hot chocolate!

Special thanks to Domino for sending me a gift card to gather up all of the supplies I’d need for this post, including some Domino sugar in their new little canister! Be sure to check out their recipe website for plenty of yummy holi-day recipes, including mixes and printable tags!

We’re gonna need: Cocoa powder, whole milk, and sugar.

Vanilla and marshmallows are optional but don’t try telling that to my kids!

The little canister of Domino sugar sure is handy. I like it when food companies get inno-vative with their designs.

Add your cocoa powder.Pour in 1/2 C milk.Stirry, stirry! It will look kinda like a paste.

Stirring constantly, bring it to a boil. Remove from heat and pour in remaining milk.

Stir that up well and return back to stove eye set to medium.

Pour in a little vanilla if you’d like.Continue stirring over medium heat until heat-

ed through.Once it is heated through, pour into cups. Add

marshmallows if desired.As for my kids, Marshmallows are very much

desired!Yummmmmy!

Old Fashioned Hot Chocolate

INGREDIENTS1/2 cup Granulated Sugar1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder4+1/2 cups Whole Milk1/2 teaspoon – vanilla (optional)

INSTRUCTIONSIn medium saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa and

1/2 C milk.Stir constantly over medium heat until mixture

comes to a boil. Cook, stirring constantly for 2 minutes.

Add milk and heat; do not boil. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla if desired.

Serve hot, with marshmallows. Makes six serv-ings.

Yummy! Yummy! Yummy! Yummy! Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!

We have so much more news and sports at www.MadisonWeeklyNews

Monday is my favorite day of the week! A whole week of possibilities awaits you, like a blank

canvas that YOU get to paint!Don’t forget to color in some silliness!

“Look what I can do with my glasses, Ma!”

Fun Stuff from Southern Plate Find Christy’s page on Facebook for daily reminders of how life is meant to be fun.

There’s always that one duck....Be THAT duck today

Got to see an early morning play with my girl today. She said to use this filter on our photo “because

we look kinda pale...” I told her that’s because we are pale. She insisted that the filter helped There’s

a little Southern woman in that gal already....


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Madison Christmas Parade registration now open

Registration is now open for what is becoming one of the largest parades in Madison. The Annual Madison Christmas Parade will be Saturday, Dec. 13 starting at 5:30 pm. The Parade route will begin at Hughes Road and Plaza Drive and will continue to downtown Madison. There will be an Awards Cer-emony following the parade at the Roundhouse at Village Green. The Madison Rotary Club will at the Roundhouse serving Hot Chocolate and Cookies.

The theme is “Home for the Holidays”. There is no fee for entry. For additional information contact Gayle Milam at (256) 772-2557.

Bridge Street’s ‘Lights Up’ Holiday Tree Lighting & Fireworks Display

Friday, November 14 | 6:00 p.m.As a kick-off to the holiday season, Bridge Street

Town Centre will light up like a winter wonderland and welcome Santa. School choirs, local musicians and strolling Victorian carolers will add to the evening’s merriment. New holiday décor will be unveiled and a spectacular fireworks display will be staged in the lake, sponsored by Belk.

pily married to his wife Maria of 68 years, with whom he had two children, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Alterizio is proud of his service and of all those that have served. He is a great example of a Soldier for Life.

To learn more about the Soldier for Life pro-gram, visit soldierforlife.army.mil.

HEROSContinued from page 17

sum up my gratitude for what you did for me.”“It was an amazing morning,” Anthony Gra-

ham said. A teacher at Discovery, he started and has organized this event as a way to say thank you and to teach the students the sacrifices our veterans have made for their freedoms. “Our

band, choir, art students, dance and cheer teams, and entire student body did an incredible job!”

Madison Mayor Troy Trulock and Madison City Board of Education member David Her-genroeder were among the veterans honored for their military service.

FRIENDSContinued from page 17the poor fellers that got killed,” and then broke down into tears, overcome with emotion.

And when that happened, Callander stepped in to back him up, just like battlefield comrades.

“Come over here,” Callander ordered Wilder. “Put your butt right here.” Callander motioned for Wilder to sit on his knee, since Callander was sitting on a walker-turned-chair designed to give an elderly person a place to sit.

“We gotta stick together,” said Callander to Wilder. And then they chatted like old friends.

“I was in the Navy.. I was in the Army,” Wilder said.

“I know,” said Callander.“I belonged to both of them,” said Wilder.“I know you did,” Callander answered. “Got

out of one and got into the other one.”Then Callander turned his attention back to

the ceremony at the school.“Wasn’t this wonderful?” Callander asked

Wilder. “Couldn’t have been any bigger. Aw, they’re teaching these kids something.”

“It made me cry,” said Wilder. “I couldn’t help it.”

“I know it,” said Callander. “Brought tears to my eyes too.”

It’s a bond veterans share — strangers or not — always brothers in arms.

Discovery Middle School puts on this tribute each year.

The teacher who organized and planned it — Anthony Graham — is a veteran himself.

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The Huntsville Museum of Art and Redstone Federal Credit Union, lead rink sponsor, are excited to announce the return of the third an-nual Skating in the Park, an outdoor ice skat-ing rink in Downtown Huntsville. The rink will officially open to the public Friday, November 21, at 3:15 p.m. following a press conference. Skating in the Park will be open through Janu-ary 4, 2015.

Located directly behind the Huntsville Mu-seum of Art, the rink will be open seven days a week, including holidays. Light concessions and outdoor restrooms will be available on site. Special skate events are also planned and will be announced.

“We are very excited to open our third season with a larger rink,” Museum Foundation Board President Dabsey Maxwell said. “This event is a major collaborative effort between sponsors, the City of Huntsville, the museum board and staff, and we thank everyone who has helped create this tradition in our community. It’s so rewarding during the holidays to see beginner and professional skaters, children with grand-parents, engagements, birthdays, a skating San-ta…all coming together on ice at the museum.”

The Foundation Board of the Huntsville Museum of Art first presented the ice skating rink during the 2012-2013 holiday season to help raise funds for the museum. The first event brought 10,000 people to the museum and park to skate during its six-week run, in addition to several thousand more skating spectators. The

second year of the event brought nearly the same number of skaters, despite many days of unusually cold temperatures and inclement weather.

After skating, visitors may come inside and warm up while viewing the museum’s holiday exhibitions including Grandma Moses’ rus-tic landscapes in Grandma Moses: Visions of America. Visitors who show their skating wrist-band may take advantage of a 20 percent dis-count in the Museum Store.

Additional support for Skating in the Park is generously provided by major corporate spon-sors Morgan Stanley, Progress Bank, and SEA Wire and Cable, Inc. Media partners include Cumulus, Alabama Media Group/al.com/The Huntsville Times, and WAAY-TV, Channel 31.

Rink hours are Monday through Thursday: 4 to 10 p.m., Friday: 4 p.m. to midnight, Saturday: 10 a.m. to midnight, and Sunday: noon to 8 p.m. The rink will observe extended hours during the week of the Thanksgiving holiday and during the area schools’ Christmas break. On Monday, Nov. 24, through Wednesday, Nov. 26, holiday hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; THANKSGIV-ING DAY – 2 to 10 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 28, and Saturday, Nov. 29 – 10 a.m. to midnight; and Sunday, Nov. 30 – noon to 8 p.m.

This year’s pricing structure offers a new youth price. Admission is $10 per person for ages 9 and up, $5 for ages 8 and under, and $8 per person for groups of 10 or more. Skat-ers have the option to rent skates for $3 and

scooters for $5. Visitors may also use their own skates.

To inquire about scheduling a Birthday Party on ICE, event, or other group outing, please email Libbie Rentz at [email protected] or call 256-535-4350 ext. 223.

For more information, visit www.hsvmu-seum.org or call 256-529-7995 for the rink’s direct line or 256-535-4350 for the museum’s main line.

Find Skating in the Park on Facebook at www.facebook.com/skatinginthepark or fol-low SkatingInThePark on Twitter, #skatingin-thepark.

Museum to bring Skating in the Park back for its third season



Science and the holidays come alive at Sci-Quest, Hands-on Science Center this season with a new family-friendly event, The Science of the Holidays. Get deep into the science of the sea-son with new themed areas, hands-on activities and demos, and delicious holiday labs for the entire family. The Science of the Holidays opens on Nov. 28, 2014 and runs through Jan. 3, 2015 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 5 to 9 p.m.

Celebrate the holidays as Sci-Quest transforms into a wonderland of science with family-friend-ly activities and demos including:

Little Winter Wonderland (for children ages 5 and under)

Trek through snow and ice to create a 3D snowflake and learn about ice, crystals, and the different states of matter.

Science in ToylandCelebrate the holidays with classic and time-

less toys that will test your skills. Play with top

spinners, noise makers, and more. Plus, make some stocking stuffer trinkets to take home.

Holidays 2.0Tech lovers can design their very own one-

of-a-kind ornament with an Egg-Bot printer for a unique geeky addition to holiday decorations.

Sci-Quest is also debuting new holiday labs where families can explore the science of choco-late, taste some taffy, and make some holiday candy in these fun and tasty workshops led by Sci-Quest educators.

“We are so excited to debut this new holiday event,” said Angela O’Neil, Education Director. “We’d like to invite all families to celebrate the holidays with these special science celebrations.”

Admission is $6.50 for members and $10.50 for non-members in advance or $7.50 for mem-bers and $11.50 for non-members at the door. Children under 2 years old are admitted for free. Group rates are available. Holiday labs are an ad-ditional $1.50 per person. Last admission is taken at 7 p.m.

The Science of the Holidays to open at Sci-Quest

Museum to host Trunk

Show with one-of-a-kind jewelry

Daughter of longtime residents and

Huntsville Museum of Art (HMA) patrons Dr. Frank and Patsy Haws, Meredith Haws Balasco will bring her one-of-a-kind jewelry designs to HMA for a Trunk Show on Tues-day, November 18, from 1 to 6 p.m. Wine and cheese will be served in the Museum Store, and the event is FREE to the public.

Balasco has designed jewelry for more than a decade. She often adds antiquity or vintage pieces into her designs, which com-plement the gemstones. Her love of travel has played an important role in her designs. From Ancient Greek and Roman coins, Si-cilian coral, Russian and Byzantine crosses, French medallions, unique pieces often become a focal point. Attendees will find aquamarine, labradorite, moonstone, pearls, agate, garnet and many other stones in her jewelry.

For more information, visit www.hsvmu-seum.org or call 256-535-4350.

A local ministry is helping to spread cheer to families of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Elizabeth Moore and her family have been through more these past few months than your average family. Moore and her husband adopted Mark at birth but they didn’t know what was ahead. “He was born full term but he was small. He only weighed 3 lbs, 9 oz. He was in the NICU for his size and we were in a town a few hours from home,” added Moore.

Moore and her husband spent nearly two weeks with Mark in the neonatal intensive-care unit in Montgomery. Back home in Huntsville, she had relatives and friends caring for her other children. During their stay, they connected with other families through the footprints ministry- a group that supports families both emotionally and financially.

“We are there just to serve them just to be with them. nothing’s normal when you think you’re gonna have your child and it’s just gonna be nor-mal and you’re gonna go home after a few days and then that doesn’t happen,” stated Katie Bow-ers, with the Footprints Ministry in Huntsville.

The Footprints Ministry provides everything

families need away from home and more. For those with infants in the NICU, they say it’s a great feeling to share their fears and concerns with other parents who understand what they’re going through.

“It was hard being away from him and not knowing from day-to-day was he gonna gain weight, was he gonna be that much closer to go-ing home or not,” added Moore.

The group, composed of mothers, says they’re

happy to support others because someone was there for them. “We just wanna be there like you know, we’ve been there and we can help you through this time,” added Bowers.

Through the Footprints Ministry, families also reunite with hospital staff who helped care for their child in the NICU. Footprints hosted a cook off between local food trucks to raise money for the group. Footprints is seeking volunteers to help stuff baskets for families. - WAAY 31

Local ministry leaves lasting impression for

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