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Commissioners change one voting place and make two name changes

Commissioners change one voting place and make two name changes

Yahoo12-04-2025

ANNISTON — The Calhoun County Commission passed a resolution at its Thursday meeting to move a voting place for Ohatchee residents and passed two resolutions for name changes at voting places. Municipal elections will take place on August 26.
The Ohatchee Baptist Church will no longer be a voting place. The residents will go to the Ohatchee Senior Center, 7805 AL-77, which is behind the city's town hall and connected to the Ohatchee Public Library.
In Piedmont, voters will still go to the same place only with a new name. The recreation building, where voting has taken place under a different name and address, is the Clyde H. Pike Civic Center, 500 Mill Street.
Also, a name change for the DeArmanville residents means the voting place is now called the DeArmanville Methodist Church, located at 370 DeArmanville Road. The voters will still go to the same address.
Among several resolutions passed that were routine in nature, the commissioners passed a resolution to relinquish the Commission's partial interest with a quit claim deed for the Noble Street Park, 1102 Noble Street. Prior to the change, Calhoun County and Anniston City shared ownership. The change took place because the city has made several improvements to the park and will be responsible for maintaining it.
Certifications of recognition and a proclamation were made at the meeting.
The commissioners made presentations of recognition to the 4-H students on the Calhoun County Extension Agency's agriculture team.
The director of the team is Amy Hegeman who explained the purpose of the trip.
'We took two teams, a junior and a senior team, to the Southeastern Livestock Exposition in Montgomery,' she said. 'They competed in the Youth Livestock Judging Contest.'
Previously, the students had prepared for the competition at the Calhoun County Ag Center and learned the best ways to evaluate an animal's structure and muscles.
The purpose of the trip, Hegeman said, was to judge how well the students had learned to evaluate cattle, swine, sheep and goats. At the competition, they were scored on how closely their scores compared to the animals' official rankings.
Several of the students described the experience and thanked the commissions for their support and for providing a van to travel to the event.
The commissioners also read a proclamation recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month.
They presented the proclamation to Courtney Clark, Calhoun County's director of the Department of Human Resources that focuses on preventing child abuse.
The proclamation, presented by commissioner Danny Shears, read in part, 'We can build a future where every child grows up safe, healthy and filled with hope.'
Clark thanked the commissioners.
'Child abuse is a hundred percent preventable,' she said. 'It takes each one of us for that to happen, and Calhoun County DHR is here 24-7. If you see something, say something. We're available and on call, even after hours. Make a report, even if you don't think it's something, let us investigate it, assess it, and determine if the report is legit to make sure that these kids of Calhoun County are safe.'
Other staff members at DHR who attended the proclamation ceremony were Nena Poe, senior special work supervisor; Patricia Anderson, caseworker; Brandi Welton, program supervisor; and Britney Moman, program supervisor.

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