By Stephen Dawkins | Assistant Managing Editor

The Jemison City Council discussed road issues at a short meeting Monday.

Councilmembers mentioned several roads where tree limbs and undergrowth had been cut back recently, or roads that were on the list for such work in the near future: County Road 151, Pine Hill Road, County Road 42, Brenda Lane, Jemison Drive and Ellison Road.

“Some of these are so bad that it’s almost like a one-lane road coming through there,” Mayor Eddie Reed said.

The city will receive help from Chilton County employees on some of the projects.

In other business, the council:

•Bought an ad in The Clanton Advertiser’s annual high school football preview publication for $875.

•Reissued a $750 donation to the Jemison High School Blue Regiment Marching Band. The council approved in the spring of 2010 a $1,500 donation to help purchase instruments, but because of a mix-up the money wasn’t issued to the school.

Band representative Rex Bittle brought the issue back before the council in April, when the council decided to issue half of the money then and the other half at a later date.

Bittle asked the council Monday if the band would still receive the second half of the donation, and the council voted unanimously to issue the money.

By Alan Thompson | Jemison High School

The Jemison Blue Regiment Marching Band traveled to Pinson Valley this past weekend and participated in the “Pride of the Valley” Marching Festival. The Blue Regiment received superior ratings in all of the following captions: band, majorettes, dance line, color guard, drum major and percussion.
Drum Major Stephanie Hudman and the dance line were rated “Best in Class.”
Color Guard and percussion sections received scores of 92, dance line 91 and drum major 94.
“I am very proud of the band this year, band director George Martin said. “We had to deal with the rain and flu most of the season. It was very difficult to put back-to-back practices together and have everyone here at the same time. The band worked very hard and put things together during the last week leading up to contest time. The students represented the city of Jemison and our school with distinction and pride.”

– Alan Thompson is the principal at Jemison Middle School.