WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ELKMONT THIS WEEK?

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ELKMONT SCHOOL
Varsity Boys Basketball @ Hokes Bluff Christmas Tournament
 
SENIOR CENTER
*Billiards, Dominoes, TV, Joker and other games, 9:30 a.m.

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Youth Basketball Games

THINKING OF CHRISTMAS - DAY 18

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE

Voters in Limestone County will head to the polls tomorrow for the  special election to select our Federal Senator.  Jeff Sessions represented Alabama for many years and did so with honor.  He now serves in the Trump administration as the Attorney General, in the Department of Justice.

The election is set for November 7 at Elkmont Town Hall (if you are in district) or your local voting place.  You can vote between 7 am-7 pm. Don't forget to bring ID, your driver's license works. Turnout will probably be low so your vote carries much more weight.

Roy Moore beat Luther Strange in the run off primary election earlier this year to be the Republican candidate.  Doug Jones is on the opposite side of the ballot as the Democrat candidate. 

Hill Spirit doesn't support either candidate, not a Roy Moore fan.  If he is innocent of accusations, all is good. If he is guilty, he will be removed and Governor Ivey will select a replacement.  Can't support Doug Jones because of his issue positions, not because he is a Democrat. Still believe Mo Brooks would have been the best nominee and all this would have been avoided.  On a happy note, whoever is elected will only have a two year term before the next senate election.

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
Roy Moore (name is the more info link) has served as an Alabama Supreme Court Judge.

To learn more about Roy Moore, this is a good site Hill Spirit always looks at when researching candidates, Ballotpedia.

DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE
Don Jones (name is the more info link) was appointed U.S. attorney in Birmingham, Alabama, by former President Bill Clinton in 1997. Jones identified increasing the minimum wage, prioritizing education as a job creator, encouraging renewable energy and conservation, abortion rights, and preventing discrimination against individuals with pre-existing conditions as policy priorities.

To learn more about Don Jones, this is a good site Hill Spirit always looks at when researching candidates, Ballotpedia.

NELLIE ANN WILLIS DRAPER - OBITUARY

Nellie Ann Willis Draper, age 77 of Athens, passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mrs. Draper was born November 18, 1940 in Florida to Nellie and Buford Willis. She is preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Jerry Willis and Buford Leonard Willis. She is also preceded in death by her husbands: Jim Timmons, Danny Worley and Bobby Joe Draper. She was a retired registered nurse.
 
Survivors include
*Son:  Jason Worley
*Daughters: 
Beth Ann Davenport, Jenny Mitchell, Valerie Godwin 
Crystal Dawson (Jamie) of Elkmont 
*Stepdaughter: Amanda Draper
*Brother: John Willis
*Grandchildren:
Leslie Wills, Heath Montgomery, Amanda Montgomery, April McDowell, Laura Kelley, Lindsey Pressnell Crumbley, Zachary Pressnell, Jordan McAnally, Jim Dawson, Julianna Dawson, Makenna Worley and Preston Worley
*26 great-grandchildren, four step grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
 
The funeral service will be Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 2 p.m. at McConnell Memorial Chapel with Jim Wills officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 12-1:45 p.m. at McConnell Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Sardis Springs Cemetery.Pallbearers are Shane Montgomery, Jordan McAnally, Bradley Bright, Rick Bartlett, Skylar Crumbley and Jacob Kelley.

JERRY LYNN CLEM - OBITUARY

 

Jerry Lynn Clem, age 62 of Elkmont Alabama, died Wednesday, December 06, 2017 at his home in Elkmont, Alabama. He was born Tuesday, November 08, 1955 in Athens, AL, He was the son of Calvin Leon (Bingo) Clem and Margaret Irene Clem. He was preceded in death by his father Calvin Leon Clem and brother Calvin Leon Clem.

He is survived by his mother - Margaret Irene Clem, Brothers- Robert Lee Clem, Danny Clem, Stephen Wayne Clem, and Randall Allen Clem.

Graveside Service will be held on Saturday, December 09, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at Hasting Cemetery with Bro. Lynn Marshall and Bro. Dale Mitchell officiating.

Family request donations be made to Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, 27186 East Main St., Ardmore, AL 35739

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ELKMONT THIS WEEK?

10  CHURCH DAY
*Count Your Blessings, One By One

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ELKMONT SCHOOL
BASKETBALL @ Minor Hill; 5 pm
*Order of Games: MG, MB

SENIOR CENTER       
*Dominoes, TV, billiards, joker, other games
*Lunch @ 11am
*Country Music @ 6:30
All ages are invited to listen, play or dance

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ELKMONT SCHOOL
BASKETBALL @ West Morgan@ 4 pm *Order of games: JVG, JVB, VG, VB
 
SENIOR CENTER   
*Dominoes, TV, billiards, joker, other games
*Lunch @ 11am
*Senior Shopping Trip




13 CHURCH NIGHT

SENIOR CENTER    
*Golden Age Band, Dominoes, TV, billiards, joker, other games
*Lunch @ 11am   

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SENIOR CENTER
*Billiards, Dominoes, TV, Joker and other games, 9:30 a.m.

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ELKMONT SCHOOL
BASKETBALL @ Clements;
*Order of games: 
JVG, MG, MB@ Old Gym; 4 pm
JVB, VG, VB @ New Gym; 4:30 pm
  
SENIOR CENTER
*Billiards, Dominoes, TV, Joker and other games, 9:30 a.m.


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ELKMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL TOURNAMENT @ HOME

 *Elkmont United Methodist Church

ELKMONT IS GREAT AT MATH

Elkmont's High School traveled to Huntsville to participate in the Third Annual Community College Mathematics Tournament yesterday. The placed second place in their division! Go Elkmont High School Math Team!!! 

They took second place in their division!

Riley Cook, Malena Butler, Pat Jobman, Jim Dawson, Luke Campbell and Stephanie Bates!

Riley was the second highest  individual scorer!!!!! 

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ELKMONT THIS WEEK?

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ELKMONT SCHOOL
BASKETBALL @ HOME; East Lawrence *Order of games: 
JVB, VG, VB; New Gym - 4:30 PM

SENIOR CENTER     
*Dominoes, TV, billiards, joker, other games
*Lunch @ 11am

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YOUTH BASKETBALL GAMES

HOW DID YOUR FEDERAL SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVE VOTE LAST WEEK?

Recent Senate Votes

Tax Overhaul – Motion to Proceed - Vote Agreed to (52-48) McConnell, R-Ky., motion to proceed to the bill that would revise the federal income tax system by: lowering individual and corporate tax rates; consolidating the current seven tax income rates into four rates; eliminating the deduction for state and local income taxes; limiting certain deductions for property taxes and home mortgages; and creating a new system of taxing U.S. corporations with foreign subsidiaries. Sen. Richard Shelby voted YES Sen. Luther Strange voted YES Tax Overhaul - Education Savings Accounts - Vote Agreed to (51-50) Cornyn, R-Texas, for Cruz, R-Texas, amendment to the McConnell, R-Ky., for Hatch, R-Utah, substitute amendment, that would allow tuition expenses or the cost of school supplies for secondary public, private or religious school to be treated the same as higher education expenses for certain tax purposes. Vice President Mike Pence broke the tie and voted in the affirmative. Sen. Richard Shelby voted YES Sen. Luther Strange voted YES Tax Overhaul - Passage - Vote Passed (51-49) Passage of the bill, as amended, that would revise the federal income tax system by lowering individual and corporate tax rates, repealing various deductions through 2025, specifically by eliminating the deduction for state and local income taxes through 2025, increasing the deduction for pass-through entities and raising the child tax credit through 2025. It would also open parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. Sen. Richard Shelby voted YES Sen. Luther Strange voted YES

Recent House Votes

National Forest Mining - Vote Passed (216-204, 13 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would prohibit the designation of national monuments and the withdrawal of lands in the National Forest System in the state of Minnesota from mineral and geothermal leases without the approval of Congress. It would designate any mineral leases issued within the boundaries of the National Forest System lands in Minnesota as indeterminate preference right leases. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES Federal Workforce Probationary Period Extension - Vote Passed (213-204, 16 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would increase to two years the probationary period for newly hired federal employees, for any individuals promoted to a supervisory or managerial role, and for any individual appointed to the Senior Executive Service. It would also establish a system in which supervisors would be notified near the end of an employee's probationary period. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES EPA Brownfields Program Reauthorization - Vote Passed (409-8, 16 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would authorize $250 million annually, through fiscal 2022, for assistance with environmental assessment, cleanup and job training activities at the EPA's brownfields program sites, and would increase, to $500,000 per site, the amount available for remediation grants for brownfield sites. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES Manufactured Housing Lending Regulation - Vote Passed (256-163, 14 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would change the definitions of "mortgage originator" and "loan originator" to exempt companies that manufacture homes and sell manufactured homes from various mortgage-related regulatory requirements. It would increase the maximum allowable rates and fees that may be applied to a manufactured home loan before the loan is classified as a high-cost mortgage. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES

IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AT THE SUGAR BUCKET

For over a hundred years, members of the Holt family have lived in the Elkmont area . Two of the sisters, Tonia Underwood and Rhonda Buelow, have searched through Ohio, Nashville, Missouri and local spots for the unusual, for the old and for the things that touch the heart.  

To allow them to fuel their passion of looking in old barns and going to yard sales for rare treasures, the Sugar Bucket Mercantile was created.  Our Elkmont graduates are  now able to share their love of primitive Americana with fellow fans.

You will find a little bit of home reflected in the windows as you drive through Elkmont.  With homemade quilts, quilt balls, pot holders, local paintings and so much more mixed in with old furniture, you can step back in time. 

Sugar Bucket Mercantile, the cute little store in Elkmont, is all dressed up for Christmas. It is going to get colder this weekend and it may put thoughts of Christmas shopping in dancing in your head.  Yes, there really is such a thing as a sugar bucket.  When you drop by, ask about it.

The Sugar Bucket Mercantile, Paper Trail Antiques  and the Rustic Rooster would be fantastic places to fill those Christmas list.