A LABAMA L EDGER
FEBRUARY 2023
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Two Arrested For Drugs by Rainsville Police Authorities in the City of Rainsville recently arrested two individuals for drug related charges. On February 2, 2023 Rainsville Police Officers were dispatched to the 1800 Block of Garret Street after receiving a call about a Domestic Disturbance. On scene officers arrested Hunter Sayre (age 27) of Rainsville for charges of Domestic Violence Harassment and Possession of a Controlled Substance after Methamphetamine, syringes, and a tourniquet were found in her purse. At the time of the news release, Sayre was in Dekalb County jail with bond set at $7,500. On February 9, Rainsville Officers were dispatched to a business in the 3400 block of AL 35 East in Rainsville after receiving notice that a male employee that was “not acting normal.” The male's supervisor also advised officers that the subject could have been armed with a gun. When officers arrived on scene, they made contact with Paul Poe as he was trying to leave in his vehicle. Officers stopped him and while speaking with him, they noticed drug paraphernalia in plain sight inside the vehicle. After a search of the vehicle, officers found a controlled substance, a handgun, and other paraphernalia on Poe’s person. Poe was arrested and charged with: Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Certain Persons Forbidden to Possess Firearms. Poe’s bond was set at $9500 and he was released. “I’m thankful for all the officers hard work on these cases”. “We are not going to put up with drugs in this city, we will continue to buckle down on drugs in our area," commented Rainsville Police Chief Michael Edmondson. Prospective students of all ages are invited to attend one of four upcoming Spring Preview Days at Gadsden State Community College on the campus of their choice. All Preview Days will be from 9 a.m. to noon. The dates are March 13 at Gadsden State Cherokee, March 14 at Valley Street Campus, March 15 at Ayers Campus, and March 16 at Wallace Drive Campus. According to Etowah County Sheriff Jonathon Horton, County investigators, along with assistance from Rainbow City Investigators who are on the Alabama's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, have made several recent arrests on child related charges. As a result, four different men have been charged in several ongoing Child Pornography investigations. The Task Force team conducted several search warrants throughout Etowah County resulting in the arrest of the following individuals this past month. Kaleb Barber, (age 18) of Glencoe, was arrested on January 13, 2023 and charged with two counts of Possession of Child Pornography. Barber has a bond of $20,000 cash. Thoms Juan Marcos, (age 20) of Gadsden, was arrested on January 13, 2023 and charged with seven counts of Possession of Child Pornography. Marcos has a bond of $70,000 cash. Andrew Boullemet, (age 25) of Glencoe, was arrested on January 13, 2023 and charged with forty seven counts of Possession of Child Pornography. Boullemet's bond amount is $470,000 cash. Dodd Waters, (age 55) of Gallant, was arrested on January 19, 2023 and charged with 1 count of Possession of Child Pornography. Waters had a bond amount of $10,000 cash. The investigation into each case is still ongoing and more charges are expected. All of the above suspects have bond conditions which consist of no unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18, no internet or smart phones or other devices, and to be supervised by Etowah County Community Corrections once released. Four Arrested For Child Pornography At Preview Days, students can explore the campus to discover a variety of technical, health science and academic programs offered by Gadsden State; visit hands-on learning areas; discuss academic options with faculty; talk with current students about campus life and experience a college classroom. Students will also learn about admissions requirements, financial aid and scholarships. “Preview Days are a great chance for students to visit Gadsden State campus and experience life as a Cardinal,” said Whitney Hall, assistant director of Enrollment Services. “Each of our campuses offers something unique. There are so many opportunities at Gadsden State.” For more information and to reserve a spot at Preview Day, go to www.gadsdenstate.edu/preview-days. Preview Days Set for March
Lynn's Ledger Devotional Column By Denise Lynn
God to examine our hearts, because the end goal is the mountain prayer being answered. Finally it says pursue peace. Psalm 34:13-15 gives some insight, “Keep your tongue from evil and keep your lips from speaking lies! Turn away from evil! Do good! Seek peace and go after it! The Lords eyes watch the righteous, His ears listen to their cries for help.” So, if I break that down where I can understand it, there are some things to do before pursuing peace. It said to watch everything you say, don’t be manipulative, play games or lie. Even if it's the truth, we have no business saying anything bad. It is important to remove ourself from all evil. it says turn from it. Then it says do good. This is self explanatory and it's the opposite of doing bad. Then you can seek peace and go after it. Sounds like you need to have a plan for peace as it's not going to randomly drop from the sky. Here's the best part, if we do all these things scripture says the Lord will see because he is always watching, and His ears will listen to their cry’s, aka those prayers for the mountains to fall. Let them move according to Matthew 17:20 that is the grand finale scripture. It says “If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain “move from here to there” and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
I have heard it said many times: “Stir up your faith”. I know it means sometimes you have to do things to keep yourself going in your spiritual journey. I looked up the scripture that talks about this and it says something different. It says: “Stir up the gift”. So I have been saying this wrong for a long time. Or, have I? If God gives gifts of His choice to his children so we can do His will while on earth, then it is going to take a great deal of faith. So occasionally we need to pull out all the stops and do our part to fan the flames, and stir up our gifts, but if I am being honest I have a broken spoon. “What happened to it?” Life ran over it with a car and then backed over it again. Its bad broke. But I think I can still manage to stir things up with my broken spoon. Its alot harder, its not without blood, sweat and alot of tears, but God can still help me. It starts with me asking Him to help me. He can help us all get a solid batch of faith going in our spirit so we can activate and operate the gifts that God has for us. Faith that can move mountains and I have mountains with names, how about you? They seem so huge, and I seem so small. My little prayer seems to no avail, but thats not what God says, so maybe its my memory that needs help. James 5:16 says “the effectual fervent prayer
of a righteous man avails much.” In other translations its says “the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective”. Well I want my prayers to be effective and I know its by His power, and that there is a requirement, to be righteous. So here is what Matthew 23:28 says about the “not so” righteous man. “In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.” When you think about a hypocrite, you can’t read their mind. You are looking at their actions which totally lines up with the scripture in Titus 1:16 that says “they claim to know God but by their actions they deny Him. Matthew 23:28 mentioned hypocrisy and wickedness as being two things that are unrighteous and would effect our prayers, no matter how fervent, passionate and regular they are. Wickedness seems to be a word you only hear occasionally now but I found a great scripture in 2 Timothy 2:22 that brings this all full circle. It says ‘flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” So I do need to grab my broken spoon and try and stir up or pursue some righteousness. The scripture also mentions laying down “evil desires of youth” that can be anything you have in your life that you need Gods total freedom from.
Step two in the instructional scripture says pursue righteousness which means to follow the owners manual that God left for us, which is the bible. Step three says to pursue faith, love and peace. Easier said than done and it sounds more like a t-shirt. But, pursuing faith means to exercise it like a muscle. The more you use it the stronger it gets. Used is the correct way to think of it, because most scriptures I found on pursuing faith seem to be verbs. Noah build on faith, Abraham offered on faith, Ester obeyed and on and on are the many examples found in the Bible. If the three Hebrew boys can have faith that their God will protect them in a fiery furnace, maybe we can have faith that God will move our mountain. Just a tiny bit of faith makes just about anything possible. Step 4 of the instructional scripture mentions ‘calling on the Lord with a pure heart” which should be the posture of every prayer. We should begin by asking God to point out anything in us that is displeasing to Him. To pursue love, what do we do? 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 is the love scripture with its list of what love should look like. “Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs." This is pretty clear and its very important to pause on each of those and ask
The Legendary Country Music Group ALABAMA has brought thousands of fans to Fort Payne over the years, including the fans pictured below that showed up for the band's annual Fan Appreciation concert in 2014. ALABAMA recently announced that the JUNE JAM will be returning to Fort Payne on June 3, 2023. The event will be held at the DeKalb County VFW Fairgrounds. The JUNE JAM started in 1982 and continued through 1997. The event brought some of the top names in Country Music to Fort Payne, including legends such as Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. (File Photos by Brandon K. Pierce)
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