Birmingham’s South Hampton K-8 School National Finalists for $100K STEM Prize

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Screenshot — The South Hampton K-8 STEM team was selected recently as the state winner for Alabama in the 2024-25 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition. (Provided)

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times

Students at South Hampton K-8 continue to earn accolades for their innovative STEM projects.

The team was selected recently as the state winner for Alabama in the 2024-25 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition. The students received $12,000 and will advance to the National Finalist competition for a chance to win $100,000 this spring.

Their project is Hygiene Hub, which upcycles donated clothing into sustainable hygiene products and diapers.

“It’s a STEM-based competition” held annually for 6th-12th graders to solve local issues, said school librarian Tambra Clark.

“This sustainable initiative transforms donated cotton clothing into reusable hygiene products through an up-cycling process for reusable diapers and pads,” said Clark. “The students thought it would be a relevant topic to discuss because of the stigmas around period poverty and diaper insecurity.”

James Speights is a sixth grader on the South Hampton K-8 STEAM team. (Sym Posey, The Birmingham Times)

“A lot of people suffer from not having the [resources] that they need. One out five families suffer from diaper insecurity,” said James Speights, a sixth grader on the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math team.

Speights said he takes pride in the work by he and his fellow classmates.

“At first, I didn’t think we would come this far. I didn’t think we would be this popular. I didn’t think we would do well [competing] nationwide. I’m just so happy that we did and I’m proud of our team and I believe we will win the $100,000 prize.”

Coming together as a team is what made the win so special, said Kiley Simpson.

The 7th grader said she felt especially passionate about the project’s solution to hygiene product security.

“It’s important to me because so many girls miss school because they don’t have access to hygiene products for themselves. That’s not fair. I don’t want anyone to miss school because of something that is human,” she said.

Kiley Simpson, a 7th grader at South Hampton k-8, said she felt especially passionate about the project’s solution to hygiene product security. (Sym Posey, The Birmingham Times)

Clark said she and the students spent time discussing a topic and had to help find a solution to a problem faced in society whether in community or global.

“The urgency is clear: 40 percent of women struggle to buy period products, and 1 in 3 families face diaper insecurity, spending $80-$100 monthly on diapers,” said the librarian, adding “this crisis particularly affects low-income families, leading to missed work, school absences, and health risks.”

The Bulldogs are already on the next steps as they plan to create a three-minute video to showcase their project for the competition.

“We need to submit a video explaining the hygiene hub, with the sustainability part, once we sub that, if we are one of the top finalists, we have chance to win $50,000 for the sustainability part, or $100,000, which would be one of four national winners,” said Clark.

The students previously won $10,000 in the Altec Innovation Challenge for a variation of this project also called Hygiene Hub, a vending machine for donated hygiene products.

For Clark, this is more than a passion. “I truly love what I am doing. I don’t care if I was teaching Santa Claus, everybody deserves a quality education. They deserve to be exposed to things like this. Learning what sustainability is, how to solve problems, and being more community aware of issues in society.”

Gov. Kay Ivey Commutes Alabama Death Row Inmate’s Sentence to Life in Prison

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Scotus Lethal Injections — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison Friday. (File)

BY KIM CHANDLER | Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison Friday, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move forward with his execution.

Ivey said Myers, 63, will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole instead of being executed later this year. Ivey noted that was the sentence jurors recommended at his 1994 trial.

The Republican governor said she is a staunch supporter of the death penalty but “I have enough questions about Mr. Myers’ guilt that I cannot move forward with executing him.”

“In short, I am not convinced that Mr. Myers is innocent, but I am not so convinced of his guilt as to approve of his execution. I therefore must respect both the jury’s decision to convict him and its recommendation that he be sentenced to life without parole,” Ivey said in a statement.

Myers was convicted of capital murder in the 1991 stabbing of Ludie Mae Tucker, 69, at her Decatur home. Myers, who lived across the street from Tucker, has long maintained he is innocent, and a juror at his 1994 trial supported the push for clemency.

The reprieve came over the objections of Republican Attorney General Steve Marshall, who said he was “astonished” by the decision.

Last week the Alabama Supreme Court granted the state attorney general’s request to authorize an execution date for Myers using nitrogen gas. The next step was for Ivey to set that date.

It was the first execution Ivey has stopped since she first took office in 2017. Ivey, who has presided over more than 20 executions, called it “one of the most difficult decisions I’ve had to make as governor.”

“But I pray that the Tucker family may, in some way, find closure and peace knowing this case is closed, and Mr. Myers will spend the rest of his life in prison,” Ivey said.

There were multiple questions surrounding Myers’ case, his attorney had argued. No physical evidence at the scene connected him to the crime. Tucker identified her assailant as a short, stocky Black man but did not name Myers or a neighbor as the attacker even though they had met several times, according to Myers’ son. Jurors voted 9-3 that he serve life in prison. However, the judge sentenced Myers to death under Alabama’s now-abolished system that let judges decide death sentences.

Ivey said there was “circumstantial evidence” against Myers, but it is “riddled with conflicting evidence from seemingly everyone involved.” Much of the state’s case involved a VCR taken from Tucker’s home and whether Myers was the person who brought it to a drug house to sell, according to court records.

“God is answering prayers,” juror Mae Puckett, who now believes Myers is innocent and had urged Ivey to intervene.

“Governor Ivey put it back into the jury’s hands,” Puckett wrote.

Kacey Keeton, a lawyer for Myers, had said that there were multiple failures in Myers case, including how an earlier attorney abandoned his case, causing him to miss a deadline to raise issues in federal court. Myers, who is a Black, was convicted by a nearly all-white jury.

“I’m not sure there are words enough to convey my joy, relief, and gratitude at learning of Gov. Ivey’s decision to commute Mr. Myers’s sentence,” Keeton wrote in an email.

“I have represented Mr. Myers since 2007. As evidence accumulated of his innocence and the many injustices he experienced over the course of his case, I held out hope that he would someday see some measure of justice, of mercy, of humanity.”

The last time an Alabama governor commuted a death sentence was in 1999.

Marshall sent the governor a letter Thursday disputing the innocence claim and urging her to let the execution go forward.

“I am astonished by Governor Ivey’s decision to commute the death sentence of Rocky Myers and am bewildered that she chose not to directly communicate with me about this case or her decision,” Marshall said Friday in a statement.

He added that his staff “will go home tonight deeply saddened, not for themselves, but for the family of Ludie Mae Tucker.”

Swinging Jazz Jam Session Energizes Birmingham’s Carver Theatre

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Story and Photos by Marika N. Johnson

Birmingham’s Carver Theatre last week hosted a Swinging Jazz Jam Session featuring an All-Star High School Sextet and other invited musicians held in partnership with the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and the Birmingham City Council.

Students from the Birmingham area joined local artists José Carr and Bo Berry to perform and improvise.

Musicians from the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz traveled from Los Angeles to participate. The program pairs six of the nation’s top high school jazz musicians with local students, allowing them to learn from some of the best in the genre. Peers of the program and local students learn to play music and form friendships. Program organizers say the results speak for themselves.

“Most importantly, they’re saying, ‘Hey, we’re doing something with our lives. You need to do something with yours. It doesn’t have to be music like it is for us; it could be engineering or computers or medicine, or law or sports, but find a passion for something, believe in yourself, work hard and go for it,” said Dr. JB Dyas, vice president of education and curriculum development at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.

Saxophonist Don Braden, left, and trumpeter Jose’ Carr at the Birmingham Carver Theatre’s Jazz Jam Session. (Marika N. Johnson, For The Birmingham Times)

This year musicians visited schools in Montgomery, AL and ended their visit in Birmingham with stops at A.H Parker High School, Wenonah High School and Alabama School of Fine Arts. “For two to three weeks each year, we visit schools where kids teach kids through peer-to-peer conversations about jazz,” Dyas said. “We show them that there’s more to music than just hip-hop and rock.”

Dyas also spoke about the values jazz represents. “Jazz teaches teamwork, diversity, and the connection between hard work and accomplishment. A jazz ensemble is one of the best examples of democracy—individual freedom with responsibility to the group. It also shows us the vital importance of really listening to one another.”

The event was a celebration of jazz education, uniting musicians across generations in their shared love for the genre.

Hazel Dukes, Civil Rights Advocate and NAACP Leader, Dies at 92

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BY SEJAL GOVINDARAO | Associated Press

Hazel Dukes, the president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP and lifelong civil rights advocate, died Saturday at the age of 92.

Dukes peacefully passed away in her New York City home surrounded by family, her son, Ronald Dukes, said in a statement.

Dukes, who led the New York State NAACP for nearly five decades, fought tirelessly for voting rights, economic development, fair housing and education through her career. Even in her 90s, she spoke out against police brutality and for adequate health care in underserved neighborhoods, the NAACP’s New York State chapter said in a statement.

In 2023, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented Dukes with the NAACP’s highest honor — the Spingarn Medal.

“I’m not tired yet,” Dukes said in her acceptance speech for the award. She added that she would continue her advocacy and empower the next generation of NAACP leaders.

Dukes helped lay the foundation for Black women to ascend to the nation’s highest offices. In 1972, she took the stage at the Democratic National Convention to second the presidential candidacy of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to run for the party’s nomination.

Dukes was instrumental in former President Joe Biden’s decision to choose a Black woman as his 2020 running mate, she noted in an interview with CBS last year. Her career-long fight was bookended by former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 bid for the presidency.

In a post in X Saturday, Harris called Dukes one of the heroes “upon whose broad shoulders we stand.”

“I’m just proud of Kamala. I’m just excited if I can live to see this happen. It would be the joy of my life,” Dukes said in the CBS interview.

Dukes was the president of her own consulting firm. She also served as the member of the NAACP National Board of Directors. Leaders of the NAACP said in a statement Saturday that Dukes was a “living embodiment” of the NAACP and that her legacy has touched every aspect of the movement.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams ordered flags to be lowered at half-staff as a tribute to Dukes.

Birmingham Launches Illegal Trash Dumping Campaign and Resources to Combat It

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Wilde Müllkippe — Birmingham's D.U.M.M.Y. (Dumping Ugly Mess in My Yard) campaign hopes to stop people from illegally dumping trash. (Adobe Stock)

By Sidney Spencer | CBS42

The city of Birmingham has launched the D.U.M.M.Y campaign in an effort to combat illegal trash dumping.

The campaign, which stands for Dumping Ugly Mess in My Yard, hopes to stop people from illegally dumping trash, catch those doing it and encourage residents to report it.

This comes after a video, initially posted by Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, shows a man illegally dumping what looks to be construction trash out on the side of the road.

“It’s important that the public knows they might be caught,” said District 2 Birmingham City Councilor Hunter Williams.

Williams said catching the individuals responsible for illegally dumping trash is one step in addressing the problem.

According to Williams, illegal trash dumping is not a new problem for Birmingham residents but it’s a problem the city is working to put an end to.

“We have been working to better have an efficient and cohesive approach when it comes to code enforcement and a piece of that is going after these folks that are illegally dumping in our neighborhoods,” said Williams.

According to Williams, the city added four officers to the code enforcement team and, under the city’s D.U.M.M.Y campaign, someone caught illegally dumping is subject to a $500 fine plus community service and other penalties, and a second offense is a fine up to $1,000 plus community service and other penalties.

Before legal action is involved the city is encouraging people to use resources available before turning to illegally dumping, one being the Magic City Tool Bank.

“If a group, a group of neighbors, a church, is noticing that illegal dumping is happening and they want to do something about it we can be a tool and resource,” said Magic City Tool Bank Executive Director Clint Denson.

Denson said the bank provides tools and equipment at minimal cost, some as low as 87 cents to rent for an entire week to groups looking to clean trash on streets or build in their neighborhood.

Located in Titusville, an area where trash dumping signs have been in place, Denson said the bank is available every day of the week to help combat illegal dumping.

“As a member of a community that faces that, it’s so important that we look out and say we’re going to do something about it. And a lot of times people have the will, and they want to work but there’s a separation there of resources,” said Denson.

Click here for more information on the Magic City Tool Bank and to learn how to become a member and rent tools.

Councilor Williams says if you see someone illegally trash dumping or have a video you can call the city’s call center by dialing 311.

Leonard Peltier Remains Defiant in AP Interview, Maintaining Innocence and Vowing Continued Activism

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AA1A0Dmy — Despite being convicted and sentenced to life in prison, Leonard Peltier maintains his innocence in the killings of two FBI agents in 1975. (Mark Vancleave, Associated Press)

BY GRAHAM LEE BREWER | Associated Press

BELCOURT, N.D. — More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant.

Despite being convicted and sentenced to life in prison, he maintains his innocence in the killings of two FBI agents in 1975 and sees his newfound freedom — the result of a commutation from former President Joe Biden — as the beginning of a new phase of his activism.

“I’m going to spend the rest of my life fighting for our people, because we ain’t finished yet. We’re still in danger,” Peltier, now 80, said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at his new home on the Turtle Mountain Reservation, his tribal homeland in North Dakota, near the Canadian border.

There among the rolling, often snow-covered hills, he will serve out the rest of his sentence on house arrest.

Born into an era of violent hostility between the American government and Indigenous peoples, the former American Indian Movement member has now stepped into another politically volatile moment in the country. He said he understands well the threats the rise of the far right, as well as the federal government, pose to tribal nations and Indigenous peoples. He believes that, like previous administrations, President Donald Trump will come for minerals and oil on tribal lands.

“You don’t have to get violent, you don’t have to do nothing like that. Just get out there and stand up,” he told AP this week, in his first sit-down conversation with a journalist in over 30 years. “We got to resist.”

The FBI and Native American activists: A volatile mix

Peltier was part of a movement in the late 1960s and 1970s that fought for Native American rights and tribal self-determination, sometimes occupying federal and tribal property.

The movement grabbed headlines in 1973 when it took over the village of Wounded Knee on Pine Ridge, leading to a 71-day standoff with federal agents. They also protested at Alcatraz and the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters. For many members of the American Indian Movement, or AIM, their activism was part of legacy of resistance stretching back to the country’s founding.

The day of the shootout came amid heightened tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation, where residents felt the FBI’s heavy presence was a threat to the people’s autonomy. Peltier and other AIM members got into a confrontation with agents Jack Coler and Ron Williams when the agents drove onto a rural property where the AIM members were staying. Both agents were shot and killed, along with Joseph Stuntz, another AIM member.

The FBI says Peltier shot the agents at close range. In a letter sent to Biden last year opposing his release, former FBI director Christopher Wray called Peltier a “remorseless killer.”

His guilt is clear to many, including North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong.

“More than 20 federal judges upheld his conviction, and he was denied parole as recently as last July,” Armstrong said in a statement to the AP. “There was no legal justification for his release. He should still be in prison.”

Peltier was not pardoned; Biden said he was commuting Peltier’s sentence because of his age, his declining health, and the long period he had already been in prison.

Peltier has acknowledged he was at the shootout, but he says he acted in self-defense and wasn’t the one whose bullets killed the agents. He believes the FBI and prosecutors were looking for someone to take the blame, after his two co-defendants were exonerated for self-defense.

“They wanted revenge, and they didn’t know who was responsible,” Peltier told the AP from the kitchen table of his new home. “And they said ‘Put the full weight of the American government on Leonard Peltier, we need a conviction.’ And when they say that you don’t have no rights,” he said.

Amnesty International and scores of political leaders around the world called Peltier a political prisoner of the U.S., questioning the fairness of his trial and conviction. James Reynolds, a former U.S. Attorney for Northern Iowa, whose office oversaw post-conviction proceedings, urged clemency in a letter to Biden in 2021. He wrote that prosecutors couldn’t prove Peltier fired the fatal shots and called his imprisonment “unjust”.

Peltier’s grandson, Cyrus Peltier, remembers visiting him every weekend at Leavenworth, a federal prison in Kansas. He didn’t always understand why his grandfather wouldn’t just tell the parole board he was sorry for the crimes, and hopefully win his freedom.

“And he would say ‘Well, that’s just not what I’m fighting for, grandson,’ ” Cyrus Peltier, now 39, recalled from his home in North Dakota this week. ”‘I’m sorry for what happened to those agents, but I’m not going to sit here and admit to something I didn’t do. And if I have to die in here for that, I’m going to.’”

A life behind bars, but always hope for freedom

In prison, Peltier’s fame only grew, as he amassed the support of prominent political leaders around the globe and celebrities in the U.S. and became a symbol of the injustices against Native Americans.

He said it was all their letters of support and acts of protest for his release that kept him going.

Peltier said there were moments in the last few years where he began to lose hope that he would ever see freedom. His denial of parole in July was another crushing blow.

“They gave me the strength to stay alive and to know what I was in prison for,” he said.

Many Indigenous people, leaders, and organizers lobbied for decades for Peltier’s release.

However, some who believe Peltier was involved in the murder of AIM member Anna Mae Pictou Aquash in 1975 fought against his release. Two other AIM members were convicted of the crime.

“Their ability to say that he is free and he gets to go home negates the whole fact that Anna Mae never got to go home,” said Aquash’s daughter, Denise Pictou Maloney.

In his interview with the AP, Peltier denied having any knowledge of Aquash’s death.

‘I didn’t give my life for nothing’

In the end, Biden listened to the counsel of former Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna and the first Native American to lead the Interior Department. Peltier was released on Feb. 18, and returned to North Dakota.

A week later, he still often wakes up at night terrified that it is all a dream and that he is still in a cell.

Peltier remains confined to his home and nearby community. But he now has access to routine medical treatment for his many health issues, including an aortic aneurysm. He gets around with the help of a cane or a walker.

He is heartened by the many people who come to visit him and drop off gifts like beaded medallions, letters and artwork, which are piling up in his home.

Peltier wants to make a living selling his paintings, as he did in prison, and he plans to write more books. He also wants to train young activists about the threats they will face.

When he was in prison, lying in his bunk at night, he would often wonder if his protest efforts resulted in any change. Seeing young Native activists today continuing to fight for the same things gives meaning to the 49 years he was incarcerated.

“It makes me feel so good, man, it does,” he said, holding back tears. “I’m thinking, well, I didn’t give my life for nothing.”

Associated Press writer Jack Dura in Bismarck, North Dakota, contributed to this report.

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Birmingham, Alabama, USA downtown city skyline. — By multiple measures, the Birmingham area has seen dramatic declines in unemployment since the pandemic. (Adobe Stock)

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CASE NO. CV-2024-904715

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: P.M.S. ONE MANAGEMENT CO., INC.; SB HOLDINGS, LLC; GREEN TREE – AL LLC; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on November 20, 2024, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Property Address: 2729 Lawn Avenue Southwest, Birmingham, Alabama 35211

Tax Parcel ID No.: 01-29-00-20-2-008-007.000

Legal Description: Lot 3, in Block 8, according to the Survey of Park Lawn, as recorded in Map Book 5, Page 91, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama, situated in Jefferson County, Alabama (It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument No. 2016085156 as follows: LOT 3 BLK 8 PARK LAWN)

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for May 5, 2025, in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 10:00 A.M. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St., Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Cherokee W. Wooley, Law Offices of Thomas J. Skinner, IV, LLC, at (205) 802-2545.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT2/27/2024

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CASE NO. CV-2024-904717

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: ROBERT MOORE, JR. and unknown heirs of ROBERT MOORE, JR.; GERALDINE MOORE and unknown heirs of GERALDINE MOORE; INISH MOORE, as heir of ROBERT MOORE, JR. and GERALDINE MOORE; TLC AMERICA, INC. a/k/a T.L.C. AMERICA, INC.; BIRMINGHAM NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC; CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION; AMERICA’S FIRST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; STATE OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on November 20, 2024, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Property Address: 645 Alabama Avenue Southwest, Birmingham, Alabama 35211

Tax Parcel ID No.: 01-29-00-03-2-016-011.000

Legal Description: Lot 20, in Block 10, according to the Survey of Kenilworth, as recorded in Book 5, Page 93, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama, situated in Jefferson County, Alabama (It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument No. 2018031059 as follows: LOT 20 BLK 10 KENILWORTH)

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for May 5, 2025, in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 10:00 A.M. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St., Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Cherokee W. Wooley, Law Offices of Thomas J. Skinner, IV, LLC, at (205) 802-2545.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT2/27/2024

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CASE NO. CV-2024-904721.00

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: SHELEASA RENEE BLOCKER, CEDRIC L. BLOCKER, JEANNETTA LYNN MCGHEE, SOPHRONIA JEAN BLOCKER, NATHANIEL WILLIAM BLOCKER, and MELVIN LEROY BLOCKER, as heirs of MONROE BLOCKER AND GEORGIANA BLOCKER; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MONROE BLOCKER; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF GEORGIANA BLOCKER; STEWARD CONSTRUCITON COMPANY, INC.; PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TO COMPASS BANK; NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, INC.; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on November 20, 2024, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Address: 1611 Avenue D, Birmingham, Alabama 35218

Tax Parcel ID No.: 01-22-00-31-2-015-003.000

Legal Description: Lots 5 and 6, in Block 16-D, according to the map and survey of Ensley, as recorded in Map Book 4, Page 3, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama, situated in Jefferson County, Alabama (It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument No. 2022028808 as follows: LOTS 5 & 6 BLK 16-D ENSLEY)

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for May 5, 2025, in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 10:00 A.M. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St., Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Cherokee W. Wooley, Law Offices of Thomas J. Skinner, IV, LLC, at (205) 802-2545.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT2/27/2024

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CASE NO. CV-2024-905114.00

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: KIMBERLEE FRANCIS PARKER a/k/a KIM PARKER; RODERICK L. JACKSON a/k/a ROGERS L. JACKSON; THE PARKER COMPANY, L.L.C.; STATE OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on December 16, 2024, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Property Address: 406 4^th Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35205

Tax Parcel ID No.: 01-29-00-02-3-004-020.000

Legal Description: East 25 feet of West 100 feet of Lots 19 and 20, in Block 2, according to the Survey of Elyton Highlands, as recorded in Map Book 8, Page 94, situated in the City of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama (It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument No. 2017106684 as follows: E 25 FT OF W 100 FT OF LOTS 19 & 20 BLK 2 ELYTON HGLDS)

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for May 5, 2025, in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 10:00 A.M. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St., Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Cherokee W. Wooley, Law Offices of Thomas J. Skinner, IV, LLC, at (205) 802-2545.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT2/27/2024

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CASE NO. CV-2024-904648

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: WILL SHUFFORD; VIOLA SHUFFORD; PATRICIA ANN S. WILLIAMS; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on November 18, 2024, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Lots 1 and 2, in Block D, according to the Survey of Gallagher’s Map of West Highland Addition to Pratt City as recorded in Map Book 4, Page 74, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama.

It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2024057633 as follows: LOTS 1 & 2 BLK D GALLAGHER SUB

and assigned Parcel ID No. 22-00-19-3-001-098.000

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for May 5, 2025, in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 10:00 a.m. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT2/27/2024

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CASE NO. CV-2024-904564

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: INVESTORS REAL ESTATE SERVICE CO., INC.; NEW SOUTH REALTY, INC.; TRANTHAM ENTERPRISES, INC.; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on November 12, 2024, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Lots One, Two and Three, in Block B, according to Gallagher’s Map of West Highland Addition to Pratt City, Alabama, as recorded in Map Book 4, Page 74, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama.

It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2024057636 as follows: LOT 1 2 3 BLK B MARY E GALLAGHER ADD LOTS 1 2 & 3 MARY E GALLAGHERS MAP OF WEST HIGHLAND ADD TO PRATT CITY

and assigned Parcel ID No. 22-00-19-3-008-004.000

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for May 5, 2025, in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 10:00 a.m. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT2/27/2024

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CASE NO. CV-2024-905116.00

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: EDWARD BRY KIRKLAND; JOHNNIE KIRKLAND, JR., TAMMY KIRKLAND; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MISSOURI SNOW; AGNES KIRKLAND, JAMES LLOYD and unknown heirs of JAMES LLOYD; MARIE LLOYD MARTIN and unknown heirs of MARIE LLOYD MARTIN; CHRISTINE LLOYD BURLESON; CHARLES LLOYD; PENTON LLOYD and unknown heirs of PENTON LLOYD; TUCKER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. a/k/a JOHN TUCKER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on December 16, 2024, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Property Address: 3407 33rd Terrace North, Birmingham, Alabama 35207

Tax Parcel ID No.: 01-22-00-13-4-001-005.0000

Legal Description: Lot 9 in Block 1, in the survey of Douglasville, as recorded in the Map Book 5, Page 119 in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama, situated in Jefferson County, Alabama (It appears said legal is the same as the certain Legal described in Instrument No. 2022101001 as follows: LOT 9 BLK 1 DOUGLASVILLE)

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for May 5, 2025, in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 10:00 a.m. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Cherokee W. Wooley, Law Offices of Thomas J. Skinner, IV, LLC, at (205) 802-2545.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT2/27/2024

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CASE NO. CV-2025-900280

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: EOL, LLC a/k/a EOL, L.L.C.; CSC, AS CUSTODIAN FOR STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS LLC; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARNITA J. RILEY; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on January 22, 2025, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Property Address: 1917 Druid Hill Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35234

Tax Parcel ID No.: 01-22-00-23-4-026-007.000

Legal Description: The Southwest 100 feet of Lot 5, in Block 2, according to the Survey of E. A. Westbrook, as recorded in Deed Book 74, Page 356, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, situated in Jefferson County, Alabama (It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument No. 2021001911 as follows: SW 100 FT OF LOT 5 BLK 2E A WESTBROOK)

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for May 5, 2025, in Room 670, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 8:30 A.M. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St., Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Cherokee W. Wooley, Law Offices of Thomas J. Skinner, IV, LLC, at (205) 802-2545.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT2/27/2024

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CASE NO. CV-2025-900210.00

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: CORDINA C. PORTER; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR SOUTHSTAR FUNDING, LLC; SOUTHSTAR FUNDING, LLC; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on January 16, 2025, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Property Address: 4237 Greenwood Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35217

Tax Parcel ID No.: 01-23-00-07-4-006-005.000

Legal Description: Lot 16, Block 6, according to the Survey of Boyles Park as recorded in Map Book 8, Page 64 in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama, situated in Jefferson County, Alabama (It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument No. 2018022837 as follows: LOT 16 BLK 6 BOYLES PARK)

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for April 17, 2025, in Room 340, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 11:15 A.M. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St., Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Cherokee W. Wooley, Law Offices of Thomas J. Skinner, IV, LLC, at (205) 802-2545.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT2/27/2024

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CASE NO. CV-2025-900207.00

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: CATHY EVENSON, individually and as heir of LARRY EVENSON; NICHOLE HETHERINGTON, NICHOLAS EVENSON, and NATALIE SAMS a/k/a NATALIE FORD, as heirs of LARRY EVENSON; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP.; TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP.; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on January 16, 2025, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Property Address: 612 7^th Street West, Birmingham, Alabama 35204

Tax Parcel ID No.: 01-22-00-34-3-018-013.000

Legal Description: North 47.5 feet of lots 19 and 20, Block 7, according to the Survey of Owenton, as recorded in Map Book 2, Page 26, in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama, situated in Jefferson County, Alabama (It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument No. 2017097443 as follows: N ½ OF N ½ OF LOTS 19-20 BLK 7 R W OWENS ADD TO BHAM)

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for April 17, 2025, in Room 340, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 11:15 A.M. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St., Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Cherokee W. Wooley, Law Offices of Thomas J. Skinner, IV, LLC, at (205) 802-2545.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT2/27/2024

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CASE NO. CV-2024-905008

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: NETTIE LOU JASPER; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on December 9, 2024, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Lot 2 in Block C, according to Gallagher’s Map of West Highland Addition to Pratt City, as recorded in Map Book 4, Page 74 in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama.

It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2024057627 as follows: LOT 2 BLK C MARY E GALLAGHERS MAP OF WEST HIGHLAND ADD TO PRATT CITY

and assigned Parcel ID No. 22-00-19-3-001-101.000

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for May 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT2/27/2024

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CASE NO. CV-2024-904648

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: WILL SHUFFORD; VIOLA SHUFFORD; PATRICIA ANN S. WILLIAMS; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on November 18, 2024, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Lots 1 and 2, in Block D, according to the Survey Gallagher’s Map of West Highland Addition to Pratt City, as recorded in Map Book 4, Page 74 in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama.

It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2024057633 as follows: LOTS 1 &2 BLK D GALLAGHERS SUB

and assigned Parcel ID No. 22-00-19-3-001-098.000

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for May 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT2/27/2024

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CASE NO. CV-2024-904564

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: INVESTORS REAL ESTATE SERVICES CO., INC.; NEW SOUTH REALTY, INC. TRANTHAM ENTERPRISES,; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on November 12, 2024, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Lots One, Two, and Three, in Block B, according to Gallagher’s Map of West Highland Addition to Pratt City, as recorded in Map Book 4, Page 74 in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama.

It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2024057636 as follows: LOTS 1 2 3 BLK B MARY E GALLAGHER ADD LOTS 1 2 & 3 MARY E GALLAGHERS MAP OF WEST HIGHLAND ADD TO PRATT CITY

and assigned Parcel ID No. 22-00-19-3-008-004.000

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for May 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

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Notice of Completion

8.H. Craig Construction, LLC hereby gives notice of the completion of the contract with Jefferson County Environmental Services Dept. for Jefferson County 2019 Pump Station Upgrades and has requested final payment. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning 2/06/2025 and ending on 2/27/2025. All claims against this work should be filed immediately with Garver at 2111Parkway Office Circle, Suite 100, Birmingham, AL 35244 and B.H. Craig Construction, LLC at 835 Wall Street, Florence, AL 35630.

B.H. Craig Construction, LLC

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Notice of Completion

B.H. Craig Construction, LLC hereby gives notice of the completion of the contract with Jefferson County Environmental Services Dept. for Newfound Creek No.1 & No.2 Pump Station Improvements and has requested final payment. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning 2/06/2025 and ending on 2/27/2025. All claims against this work should be filed immediately with Garver at 2111Parkway Office Circle, Suite 100, Birmingham, AL 35244 and B.H. Craig Construction, LLC at 835 Wall Street, Florence, AL 35630.

B.H. Craig Construction, LLC

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Notice of Completion

B.H. Craig Construction, LLC hereby gives notice of the completion of the contract with Jefferson County Environmental Services Dept. for Five Mile Creek WRF Influent Pump Station & Automation Improvements and has requested final payment. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning 2/06/2025 and ending on 2/27/2025. All claims against this work should be filed immediately with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. at 2112 Eleventh Avenue South, Suite 320, Birmingham AL 35205 and

B.H. Craig Construction, LLC at 835 Wall Street, Florence, AL 35630.

B.H. Craig Construction, LLC

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Notice of Completion

B.H . Craig Construction, LLC hereby gives notice of the completion of the contract with Jefferson County Environmental Services Dept. for Jefferson County UV Replacement & Miscellaneous Improvements at Turkey, Prudes Creek &Warrior WRF and has requested final payment. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning 2/06/2025 and ending on 2/27/2025. All claims against this work should be filed immediately with Krebs Engineering 2100 River Haven Drive, Suite 100,Birmingham, AL 35244 and B.H. Craig Construction, LLC at 835 Wall Street, Florence, AL 35630.

B.H. Craig Construction, LLC

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended notice is hereby given that Willoughby Contracting Co., Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for Construction of 44^th Pl N/13^th Ave N P.04170 13^th Ave N, 43^rd St N, 12^th Ave N,44^th St N and 44^th Pl N for the State of Alabama and Jefferson County, City of Birmingham and the Birmingham Water Works, owner, and have made request for the final settlement of said contract. All persons having any claim for labor, material, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Birmingham Water Works board (Architect/Engineer)

Willoughby Contracting Co., Inc.

Contractor

2550 Cone Drive

Birmingham, Al 35217

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Notice of Completion

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given

that Williford Orman Construction LLC, Contractor, has completed the Contract for (Construction) of New Softball Facility for Vincent High School at Vincent, AL for the State of Alabama and the County of Shelby, Owner(s), and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Lathan Associates Architects PC

Williford Orman Construction LLC

(Contractor)

PO Box 1985, Pelham, AL 35124

(Business Address)

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Notice of Completion

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Shelby Company, LLC, Contractor, has completed the Contract for (Renovation) of Jefferson County Commission 2121 Building Renovation – Phase 1 at 2121 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35203 for the State of Alabama and the (County) (City) of Birmingham, Owner(s), and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connect with this project should immediately notify Poole & Company Architects, 2 20th Street North, Suite 1610 Birmingham, AL 35203

Shelby Company, LLC

(Contractor)

3120 4th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233

(Business Address)

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INVITATION FOR BIDS

37-25R “ROAD MILLING SERVICES” JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL

Bids will be received by the Jefferson County Commission and Purchasing Association of Central Alabama Purchasing Agent Michael D. Matthews, Ph.D., C.P.M., until 2:00 PM(CST) on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5TH, 2025, for proposed 37-25R “Road Milling Services”. All Solicitation information including forms, and specifications are available for download free at https://jeffcobids.jccal.org/Search.aspx. Interested parties must meet bidder requirements and qualifications as specified in the bid documents on or before the date that the bids are due.

A pre-bid conference will be held on Monday, March 3rd, 2025, at 10:30 AM CST via MICROSOFT TEAMS. Our office is located on the 8th Floor Suite 830 of the Jefferson County Main Courthouse. For special accommodations, please call 205-325-5381. All questions must be submitted in writing to procurementservices@jccal.org attention Dorothea Robinson, Principal Buyer.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Adkins and Kimbrough Mechanical, LLC, has completed the Contract for (Construction), (Renovation), (Alteration), (Equipment), (Improvement) UAB Tinsley Harrison 8th FL Upgrade Existing HVAC at 1900 University Blvd for the State of Alabama and the (City) of Birmingham, Owner(s), and have made request for the final settlement of said contract.

All persons having any claim for labor, material, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Bernhard TME, LLC (Architect/Engineer)

Adkins and Kimbrough Mechanical, LLC

4415 Turin Drive, Bessemer, Al 35020

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Request For Qualifications (RFQ)

The Birmingham Airport Authority is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) from professional service firms (Respondents) for civil engineering services associated with the Runway 24 Approach End Pavement Strengthening Design project. SOQs and Project Proposals will be received by March 13th, 2025, at 2:00 PM local time. Copies of the RFQ, including detailed submission instructions and requirements, can be obtained by visiting the airport’s website at https://www.flybirmingham.com/about-bhm/doing-business-at-bhm/ or via an email request sent to eseoane@flybhm.com. A non-mandatory pre-submittal conference will be held on February 20, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. local time via Zoom.

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INVITATION FOR BIDS

ITB# 41-25 “Generator Maintenance and Repair”

JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL

Bids will be received by the Jefferson County Commission Purchasing Agent Michael D. Matthews, Ph.D., C.P.M. , until 9:00 (CST) a.m. on 3/18/2025, for Generator Maintenance and Repair. A public opening and a virtual Bid opening will be held 3/18/2025 and 10 a.m.

The Jefferson County Commission Department desires to enter into an agreement with a Contractor for Generator Maintenance and Repair.

The Contractor shall provide all labor, hazardous materials sampling, hazardous materials testing, fees, inspections, certifications, services, equipment, materials, obtain permits and supplies necessary to provide specified requirements in the bid documents.

All Solicitation information including forms, and specifications are available for download free at https://jeffcobids.jccal.org/Search.aspx

Prequalification is not required.

Interested parties must meet bidder requirements and qualifications as specified in the bid documents on or before the date that the bids are due.

A Performance Bond will be required in the amount of 100% of the contract price.

All questions must be submitted in writing to procurementservices@jccal.org

attention Harriett Bell.

A Pre-bid conference will be held on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 10:00 am (CST) in Suite 830 of the Jefferson County Main Courthouse. For special accommodation please call 205-325-5381.

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Request For Proposals (RFP)

The Birmingham Airport Authority is requesting proposals (RFP) for 2025 Installation and Removal of Christmas Decorations. Copies of the RFQ can be obtained by visiting the Airports Website at http://www.flybhm.com or via email request sent to eseoane@flybhm.com. There will be a non-mandatory pre-bid meeting and site visit on March 4, 2025, at 2 PM CST. Please RSVP your attendance with Karen Hazelwood @khazelwood@flybhm.com by March 3, 2025.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Southeastern Sealcoating, Inc ( Contractor), has completed the Contract for (Construction) (Renovation) (Alteration) (Equipment) (Improvement) of (Name of Project) Alley Resurfacing Citywide 2024 at Various Locations for the State of Alabama (County ) ( City) of Birmingham Owners), and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify City of Birmingham (Architect) .

Southeastern Sealcoating (Contractor)

1330 Adamsville Industrial Parkway (Business Address).

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ADVERTISEMENT for BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION

And NOTICE of INTENT to RECEIVE BIDS

from PREQUALIFIED BIDDERS

Pre-qualification submittals will be received by the Owner’s Representative/Project Manager, Jeffrey Orr on behalf of Office of the Chief Facilities Officer, UAB Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Alabama Board of Trustees at UAB Hospital Planning, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35249 until 4:00 PM Central Time, March 7, 2025. The original and two (2) flash drives with duplicates of submittals are required for pre-qualification approval; however, email transmission copies may be transmitted to the UAB Project Manager Jeffrey Orr at jeorr@uabmc.edu and cc’d to sheywood@ghafari.com and mfreeman@ghafari.com to expedite the review process with a hard-copy of the submittal and two flash drives to be delivered within 24 hours.

UAB TKC Pharmacy Mechanical Upgrade

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Project No.: H245014

SCOPE OF WORK:

The project consists of the addition of a rooftop air handling unit and chiller at the UAB Kirklin Clinic. The scope of work includes all work associated with the addition of the new mechanical equipment, including providing new structural reinforcement for the new rooftop equipment. There shall be minimal architectural and demolition work. The work will be performed under a single Prime General Contractor who will coordinate the work of this project. Particular and specific care will be required to coordinate complex shutdowns, limit disturbances and follow strict Infection Control and Interim Life Safety Measures (ICRA/ILSM) requirements for the protection of patients, family, and staff. The Prime General Contractors seeking to be pre-qualified will require experience with similar size and type healthcare projects performed in and adjacent to an operating clinical environment and with the implementation and maintenance of infection control measures, interim life safety measures, coordinating shutdowns, and maintaining a clean and organized job site in an operating hospital. The General Contractor must have experience with representative projects as a General Contractor (not as a Construction Manager, Program Manager, etc.) The anticipated construction budget is between $1,300,000 and $1,800,000.

PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATIONS:

Prime General Contractor bidders interested in submitting a proposal must apply for pre-qualification and must be licensed under the Provision of Title 34, Chapter 8, and Code of Alabama, 1975. A copy of current Alabama Contractors license is to be included in pre-qualification submittal.

Only bidders who have completed the pre-qualification process and that have been approved will be eligible to submit a bid for the Project. Prospective Bidder’s Pre-qualification Package must be received by the Owner’s Project Manager no later than 4:00 PM Central Time, March 7, 2025 after which no further requests will be considered.

Pre-qualification Requirements Information Package may be obtained from the Architect upon letterhead request sent by email or scanned into an email to sheywood@ghafari.com, copy mfreeman@ghafari.com and jeorr@uabmc.edu. Any addenda to the prequalification requirements will be issued to documented prime contractors only.

The pre-qualification procedure is intended to identify responsible and competent prime contractor bidders relative to the requirements of the Project. Each prospective prime contractor bidder will be notified of the results of the pre-qualification, on or about March 14, 2025.

The Owner reserves the right to waive technical errors in applications, extend or abandon the pre-qualification process, should the interests of the Owner appear to be promoted thereby.

Progress Design and Construction Documents:

Prior to the pre-qualification deadline, project progress plans and specifications may be examined at the following location beginning March 14, 2025:

Architect:

Ghafari Associates

2170 Highland Ave S

Suite 220

Birmingham, AL 35205

Phone: 205-203-4611

Contact: Scott Heywood

Email: sheywood@ghafari.com

BIDS BY PRE-QUALIFIED PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDERS

Documents:

Bid documents will be available at the following locations after notice to pre-qualified bidders is given. Drawings and specifications may be examined at; ALGX Digital Plan Room, http://www.algraphics.com, 2801 5th Ave, South, Birmingham, AL 35233: Dodge Data & Analytics, http://www.construction.com, 2860 S State Hwy 161, Ste 160 #501, Grand Prairie, TX 75052-7361; at the AGC Internet Plan Room, 5000 Grantswood Road Suite 100, Irondale, AL 35210; at the Birmingham Construction Industry Authority, http://www.bcia1.org, 601 37^th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35222; and at the Construction Market Data, http://www.cmdgroup.com, 30 Technology Pkwy, South, Suite 500, Norcross, GA 30092-2912.

Bonds:

A certified check or bid bond payable to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000 must accompany the bidder’s proposal. Performance and Statutory Labor and Material Payment Bonds will be required at the signing of the Contract.

Bids:

Bids must be submitted on proposal forms or copies thereof furnished by the Architect. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for a period of ninety (90) days. The Owner reserves the right to reject bids if such action is determined to be in the best interest of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to revoke pre-qualification of any bidder in accordance with Section 39-2-12, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended in 1997 (by Act 97-225). The Bid Date is March 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM Central Time at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Hospital Planning, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35294. Bids shall be clearly identified on the exterior of the package with the bidder’s name, address, State license number, the name of the project being bid, time and place of the bid opening. Sealed bids shall be properly identified.

On the date of the bid opening, bids may be hand delivered or received by Express Service mail to the Office of Jeffrey Orr, Project Manager Facilities and Capital Projects, 2020 Building, 2020 University Blvd, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, until 12:00 noon. After 12:00 noon of the date of the bid opening, proposals must be hand delivered and presented at the bid opening. Sealed proposals shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be properly identified. All proposals received after 2:00 p.m. on March 27, 2025 (the date and time set for the receipt of bids) will be returned unopened.

Nonresident Prime Contractor Bidders:

Under Section 39-3-5, Code of Alabama, 1975, nonresident prime contractor bidders must accompany any written bid documents with a written opinion of an attorney licensed to practice law in such nonresident prime contractor bidder’s state of domicile as to the preferences, if any or none, granted by the law of the state to its own business entities whose principal place of business are in that state in the letting of any or all public contracts. Resident prime contractors in Alabama, as defined in Section 39-2-12, are granted preference over nonresident prime contractors in awarding of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the nonresident.

Fire Alarm Work:

In accordance with Title 34, Chapter 33A (the ACT), of the Code of Alabama 1975, bidders for fire alarm work of this project, if any, must include with their bid evidence of licensure as required by the ACT by including with the bid submittal a valid State Fire Marshal’s permit.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference is currently scheduled to be held at 1:00 PM CST on March 17, 2025 at UAB Hospital Facilities 2020 Building, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35233. It is mandatory that all pre-qualified prime contractor bidders attend the Pre-Bid Conference.

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Notice of Auction

The manufactured dwelling located at 4631 Elfreth Johnson Rd lot 53 is now abandoned and will be sold by private sealed bid auction. To inspect the dwelling and submit a sealed bid, call Diana Valdez, 205-968-1640 ext. 3, by 9:00am on February 27th, 2025. The dwelling community owner may bid on the dwelling. Bids will be unsealed, and the winning bidder will be announced on March 3, 2025, at 9:00 am at the dwelling location noted here.

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Abandoned Vehicle

Vehicle VIN: KNDPM3AC2N7011030 (2022 KIA Sportage)

Company: Demoss Property Preservation LLC

Auction Date: March 7, 2025

Auction Address: 2126 Sullivan Dr SW, Cullman, AL 35055 at 8am

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Regions Bank Honors Retired Lt. General A.C. Roper at Black History Month Celebration

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Birmingham Times

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Roper 1 — From left: Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, retired Lt. Gen. A.C. Roper and Leroy Abrahams, head of Community Engagement at Regions. (Regions)

By Candace Higginbotham | doingmoretoday.com

For the past 16 years, Regions Bank has recognized Black History Month with its History in Motion event, which honors distinguished leaders with ties to the company’s home state of Alabama. The award recognizes contributions these individuals have made to our communities and our nation.

This year’s honoree was retired Lt Gen. A.C. Roper, the first African American in the Army Reserve’s 116-year history to achieve the three-star rank.

“He’s not like us,” said Leroy Abrahams, Regions head of Community Engagement, as he began his opening remarks at the Regions Bank History in Motion celebration this week.

“For most of us, success in life requires intense focus on one discipline and, if we’re fortunate, excelling in that capacity. But retired Lt. Gen. A.C. Roper is the Bo Jackson of service. He knows law enforcement; he knows national security and he knows ministry. He does more before 9 a.m. than most of us will do all day.”

During the recent celebration Abrahams, along with more than 200 family members, friends, elected officials, community and religious leaders and corporate executives, gathered at Regions Center in Birmingham to honor Roper, who also spent 33 years in law enforcement, including serving as Chief of Police in Birmingham for 10 years.’

Abrahams noted that Roper’s commitment went beyond service – it was “knowing” his field. Roper earned a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Alabama, graduated from the FBI National Academy and the FBI National Executive institute, served as adjunct professor of Criminal Justice and has been an executive board member of the FBI joint terrorism task force.

Military Career

Roper’s history-making 42-year military career includes even more impressive academic and service credentials, including earning a master’s in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College and serving in prestigious positions such as Vice Commander of the American Element of the North America Aerospace Defense Command, Deputy Commander of the U.S. Northern Command, and Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Reserve.

Roper deployed to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield and to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. His numerous awards and decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Combat Action Badge, among others.

He retired in 2024 as the Deputy Commander of U.S. Northern Command, overseeing homeland defense and disaster response. In a video tribute, Roper reflected on several meaningful milestones of his life, including achieving the three-star rank. “I can’t think of anything better than defending this homeland that’s so precious to us,” he said.

“His grandfather would be so proud,” Abrahams said, explaining that Corporal William Roper served in the 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division in World War I. He deployed to France in a segregated Army unit known as Buffalo Soldiers and fought in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign of 1918.

“Cpl. Roper and the other 380,000 Black service members fought valiantly to restore freedoms for the French that these service members didn’t enjoy in America at that time,” Abrahams said.

“Passion And Purpose”

Roper shared that his grandfather, as well as the grandmother who raised him, instilled from an early age a commitment to excellence and the discipline to achieve great things. The outcome of those early life lessons became clearer as History in Motion guests learned more about his personal life and his motivation for leadership.

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin described Roper as “a servant leader, a man of passion and purpose” and credited him for “creating a fairer, safer and more united Birmingham” during his time as police chief.

Those attributes prompted the mayor to tap Roper last year as an advisor for a commission tasked with identifying ways to reduce violent crime in the city. Roper and the committee recently produced a comprehensive report outlining key recommendations, which according to Woodfin, the city immediately began implementing.

Roper accepted the History in Motion award with the humility, gratitude and grace one would expect. “We don’t serve for recognition,” he began. “I’ve accomplished much, but there’s so much more to do.”

Roper recalled his high school memory book, where he recorded what he wanted to accomplish in his life. He wrote that he wanted to be a police officer, wanted to join the military and wanted to marry “a sweet, pretty women who understands me.”

He didn’t realize then that he was writing his own roadmap. “You can set the course for your life,” he said. “Then, it’s just a matter of making the right decisions to get there.”

A critical juncture in his journey was meeting Edith, his wife of 40 years. According to Roper, his police and military careers were a team effort, and she has been instrumental in all the career decisions and achievements.

“A Love Of Country”

Last May, Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell spoke on the House Floor to honor Roper for his miliary service and law enforcement career.

“Throughout his exemplary career, Lieutenant General Roper moved quickly up the ranks and broke down barriers for African Americans serving in the armed forces,” Sewell said. “I got to know Lieutenant General Roper during his time as the Chief of Police for the Birmingham Police Department. I was immediately impressed by his firm yet compassionate leadership style that commanded the respect of his fellow officers and endeared him to the Birmingham community.

“Lieutenant General Roper’s reputation has always been one of great purpose and great passion. He is an honorable man, guided by an abiding faith in God and a love of country.”

Roper’s commitment to servant leadership continues today as he and Edith launched Rest in Grace Ministries. Roper also works as a consultant and will be publishing a book on leadership in the coming months.

Though he’s proud of his accomplishments and the people he’s inspired during two remarkable careers, Roper is most looking forward to what he calls “Chapter 3” of his life. And this chapter – filled with coaching, mentoring and empowering others to achieve balanced living, impactful leadership and a lasting legacy – may indeed be his best yet.

Legacy is something he’s often asked about. “People think legacy is something that’s left behind after a person passes away,” Roper said. “But I say you’re living your legacy every day.”

UAB to Host Alabama State Spelling Bee on March 22

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Birmingham Times

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February 28, 2025

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large_ab94c15a-714e-4c98-944a-590f8447547f — Alexander Castillo, 4th Grade, Lipscomb Elementary School, Gavin Cruse, 4th Grade, Mount Olive Elementary School; and Kelsey Causey, 4th Grade, Pleasant Grove Elementary School, were the top three winners in the Jefferson County Spelling Bee. UAB will hold the Alabama State Spelling Bee in March. (JeffCo Ed Photo)

By Shannon Thomason | UAB News

The University of Alabama at Birmingham will host the 2025 Alabama State Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 22.

Each year, hundreds of schools from across the state participate in spelling bees leading up to this final competition. Fifty-two students in fourth through eighth grades will compete for the Alabama State Spelling Bee Champion title.

The Alabama State Spelling Bee is sponsored by the Alabama Kiwanis Foundation. The bee is also supported by Scripps, as well as hundreds of schools across the state.

This will be the fourth year UAB has hosted the competition. The private event will be held in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences’ University Hall auditorium, with check-in for students starting at 10 a.m. The bee will begin at noon.

Due to seating limitations, this event is not open to the public, though the student’s family members, teachers and school administrators may attend in support of their local student.

The winner will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete in the National Spelling Bee to be held May 27-29 in the Washington, D.C., area. The broadcast schedule for the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals will be announced May 1.

Last year’s Alabama Spelling Bee winner was Ayden Nguyen, 11, of Enterprise, Alabama, who correctly spelled “dysphagia” to win the 2024 title. Competing in the national competition, Ayden made it to the quarterfinals, finishing 60th of 240 spellers.

Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the National Spelling Bee began in 1925 when nine newspapers joined together to host a spelling bee.

Birmingham’s Laseter Brothers and the Business of Making Black History

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Birmingham Times

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February 27, 2025

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_DSC5817 — Kwamell Laseter, left, works to screen print a T-shirt as his brother Raymond, right, watches. The pair are co-owners of Voltron Printing, a full-service contract screen printing shop and clothing store in Birmingham’s Woodlawn community. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times

Black History. Baseball. Business. For Raymond Laseter all three of his loves were on display last week at the Negro Southern League Museum in downtown Birmingham.

Voltron Printing, a business owned by Raymond and his brother Kwamell introduced Legacy Threads, a collection that pays tribute to the Southern Negro Baseball League during a one-day-only Black History Month pop up shop at the Museum.

“Baseball was my first love,” Raymond told The Birmingham Times. “It was something that I wanted to do and I always told my brother that I wanted to do something with Major League Baseball. When I got [to Brimingham], everybody was, ‘like have you been to the Negro Southern League Museum?’”

His love for Black History Month and baseball and the clothing business all blossomed into something much larger, he said.

“Negro League Baseball is my baseball. Those are my teams. Those are my people,” he said. “At first, we just wanted to do a pop up for Black History Month, but it has [grown] into something so beautiful. We want to give more visibility on Black baseball. Everybody wears hats, everyone loves clothes. I think the best way to show that is through dope fashion.”

Located at 5505 1st Ave. N. Birmingham, AL 35212 in Woodlawn, Voltron is a full-service contract screen printing shop that opened last September and specializes in building clothing brands.

The brothers were born and raised on the Southside of Chicago and for more than 25 years that’s where they sharpened their skills working with brands like Lifted Research Group (LRG), American streetwear brand, Akademiks Clothing, and Nike.

“Entrepreneurship was instilled in us since we came out of the womb,” Raymond said. “My grandfather was very adamant not working for anybody. He migrated from Kentucky, so his thing was like ‘fine something that you own because then you have financial freedom.’”

Kwamell Laseter co-owner of Voltron Printing, works at his screen printing shop and clothing store in Birmingham’s Woodlawn community. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)

“Where We Need To Be”

Leaving Chicago for Alabama was not a hard decision for Raymond, 45 and Kwamell, 44,

Kwamell was the first to make his way to Alabama with his wife, Anshaunee, during the COVID pandemic and said he did not have any idea what he was going to do in the Magic City. “I just knew that I left a [clothing] business back home and I wanted to bring it here. I wanted to bring the same energy here,” he said.

So Kwamell set out to find where he could do it and how.

“What I see in Birmingham, when it comes down to the culture, community, fashion, and the arts, it is here,” he said. “It’s just that it’s almost hidden in pockets. I feel like the music, fashion, and art are what actually pushes and ignites change.”

Raymond remembered working from home in Chicago during 2020 pandemic when he and his brother took a step back from the manufacturing business.

“We were looking for locations in the city and we just couldn’t find anything that we liked,” he said. “We took a sabbatical for a year or two from the industry to pivot and figure out what we wanted to do. We decided we should look to Birmingham. After my brother and his family moved down here, he used to call me and said, ‘I think this is where we need to be.’”

Raymond Laseter, co-owner of Voltron Printing, a full-service contract screen printing shop and clothing store in Birmingham’s Woodlawn community. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)

Although he moved to the Magic City permanently five months ago, Raymond said he is very familiar with Birmingham.

“The spirit brought us (Raymond and Kwamell) down here. It’s like a re-migration,” he said. “A lot of us moved from the South to the North. It was always something in us that was forcing us back to the South.”

Raymond said the Voltron is not in the city “just to make a dime. I’m here to build a legacy. I’m here to help and this is just my vessel just to do it. Voltron isn’t just me and my brother’s. It’s this community. If the community needs an event space to host coffee, let’s do it. Whatever is positive to change the narrative, that is what Voltron is about.”

Kwamell, left, and Raymond Laseter, are co-owners of Voltron Printing, a full-service contract screen printing shop and clothing store in Birmingham’s Woodlawn community. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)

“High End Fashion”

Since childhood Raymond said he felt fashion is where he needed to be. “I first got into fashion because of church,” he explained.

“I had a family friend from church name Willie Hayes. He used to sew Chaka Khan’s stuff. He did the Thompson Community Singers’ robes. One summer he was like, ‘Raymond, you should let me teach you how to sew.’ I said, ‘sewing was for girls.’ He was like ‘no man, you can be the only dude in a class full of girls.’ I said, ‘hey I like that.’ From 15 years old to 20 years old, he (Willie Hayes) was my mentor.

“I wanted to go into high end fashion. That was my dream. I never saw a lot of us in it, and the only thing close enough for me to touch that was tangible was streetwear stores in our neighborhood. The owner of Leaders 1354 (streetwear brand) use to own a store called Crew Sports. Another friend of mine used to own a store called The Success. I started going to the stores and sitting in them … They started becoming my teachers. They would let me come in the back of the stockrooms and see how they bought clothes. I was able to see the way people are dressed and different color ways.”

As the youngest of the two, Kwamell said he found his footing in fashion by following his brother. “I just walked in the trail that he blazed,” said Kwamell, adding, “I’ve pretty much done every sector in fashion, from sales, to distribution, to production. I’ve even helped with design. There’s not much about the fashion industry that I am not proficient in.”

For the Laseter brothers, Woodlawn is more than just a home for their business, it’s a community. “We call Voltron Printing a cultural hub. It’s about allowing the culture, from music art, or fashion to come here and be almost like an incubator. One thing in always say is that I don’t gate-keep. If you need my connections, if you need my skill, if you need my talent , we are here to give it to you,” said Raymond.

“Chicago raised me, “Birmingham accepted me,” Raymond said. “Coming from a big city, you don’t know it, until you leave that there is a different type of energy. It’s definitely a different type of energy being in Birmingham that I’m really like.”

Voltron Printing is located at 5505 1st Ave N Birmingham, AL 35212 in Woodlawn. Email: sales@voltronprintingcom.